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  • The Digital Transformation Operating Systems

    Why Dropbox, Teams and Slack are all coming to the same conclusionI’ve been wanting to write about the changing work tools and collaborative landscape for a while now. My original notes were from over two years ago, but recent events prompted me to put my thoughts down. I’d love your take on this, discuss on the Slack, we accept English and French 😀 On to the update. Computer Systems, Operating Systems and the Digitisation of Tasks

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    → 10 September 2019, 07:44
  • Sunday Mornings

    Sunday mornings is my time. I wake up early, usually around 5am, so that I can have a coffee and prepare my things for a morning ride. I’m a (Sunday) cyclist and have been cycling for many years. It’s a ritual that is not only good for physical health —I have a resting heart rate of someone may years younger— but it is very good for the mind too. Some Sundays I’m rewarded with the most beautiful scenery.

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    → 8 September 2019, 11:28
  • Missed opportunity

    On the horizon this morning, a beautiful scene of rising Cumulus clouds being lit by the warm sunrise. I couldn’t take a photo. I tried, but I couldn’t, because of a technical problem. No. Battery. My DSLR’s battery had died overnight, apparently from my stupidity. Not switching it off and placing screen down with the lens pointing up, pressed buttons that eventually ran the battery down. Reaching for my iPhone to take the photo only resulted in disappointment.

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    → 6 September 2019, 08:15
  • (Un)LinkedIn

    LinkedIn is a great resource for professional use. Links to colleagues (if you’re working in an international company), articles and insights in your domain of work and of course the potential of career advancement. However, lately I’ve noticed that the platform has started to become filled with inane postings and uselessness posing as wisdom. I’ve even seen conspiracy theories being propagated, and of course, the inevitable cancer of junk advertising.

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    → 5 September 2019, 10:22
  • Bermuda, Binance and Blockchain

    Where’s the rest of the Caribbean? Follow-Up to France-AntillesWe’re heading into peak hurricane season as this graph from the NOAA shows, notice the sting in the tail in October. Do your preparations and check on them weekly! On to the update. World Blockchain Forum, London 2019 The World Blockchain Forum kicked off in London this past Sunday and runs for 3 days. The Forum is a roaming event that takes place all over the world and multiples times a year.

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    → 5 September 2019, 09:30
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