by Paul on June 3, 2009

As well as having had some negative work experiences, I've also had the pleasure of working with some wonderful people, including some of my previous bosses. Life is too short to deal with some of the idiosyncrasies described in (read on...)

by Paul on April 13, 2009

For the record, as well as loving Red Dwarf, I'm a huge fan of MacGyver, the TV secret agent who could build any device from everyday items found in the room. You name it...he could build it in 60 seconds or less using only the (read on...)

by Paul on March 19, 2009

The manner in which some people orchestrate their daily activities is sheer poetry. Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people. I need help...and lots of it. So I put a lot of thought into managing my To-Do Lists, and here I'll (read on...)

by Paul on February 24, 2009

I love that word. Transmogrified. It sounds like something Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, the writers of the sci-fi comedy series, Red Dwarf, would make up. As in, "Kryten and I were transmogrified into another time (read on...)

by Paul on February 3, 2009

Most available heatmap programs I've encountered cost too much, come bundled in a huge application, don't do what I want, or don't offer enough flexibility. In the previous article on heatmaps, I showed how you can use ASAP (read on...)

by Paul on January 27, 2009

Heat maps are a useful way to represent certain types of data; the data are colored by coloring according to the values in them, (e.g. red for high values, yellow for medium and green for low values), providing a powerful visual (read on...)

by Paul on January 8, 2009

For our "fresh new" version of the website, I'll kick off with a series of articles on describing the contents of my professional "toolbox". So, let's open 'er up and see what we get. In this installment, I'll skim the top tray (read on...)