James Thinks : technology

WhatsApp is convenient and widely-used, but I have increasingly had reservations about using it and I've finally removed it from my phone.

I now have 433 days worth of data about my sleep. Although some of it is a bit subjective, I think it's good enough to give me an idea and a whole lot better than the guesswork I was using before.

In most of the jobs I've had peer code review was an essential and regular part of the software development process. My experience is that it improves code quality and is well worth the effort.

Some information I hope will be useful to anyone considering a career change into coding.

"My client has a problem with a file" - The above is the full text of an actual bug report received by a former colleague of mine.

In my industry, "Passionate" is one of the most overused words in job adverts. Recruitment blogs are overflowing with advice on how to find these precious employees.

A lot of online services ask members to provide answers to questions like these in order to unlock their accounts in the event that they forget their password.

My last post about analysing my sleep data had plenty of caveats, but despite my caution I started to wonder whether I was taking an interest in the right variables.

When I suggest to people that we should communicate using encryption, I get the impression they don’t take me seriously. Am I paranoid? Do I think I’m interesting enough to be the subject of surveillance?

It seems remote working is an option in an increasing number of jobs. Perhaps this is because technology had made it easier to collaborate when not in the same room.

You may have read my previous post that I'm trying to use data to work out why I'm sometimes not sleeping well and how I might sleep better. I've been doing that now for some 86 days and I'm excited enough to look at the data and see if anything interesting has shown up.

If you use Strava and a Garmin eTrex 30 and care about that the climbing figures you get are accurate, then you may be disappointed that Strava is ignoring the barometric data the eTrex 30 gives you and working it out roughly by itself