They are what philosopher Harry Frankfurt would call “bullshitters.” Those that are giving advice for the sake of giving advice, without any regard as to how it is actually implemented, if it can even be implemented at all. “It’s not important to [the bullshitter] what the world really is like,” he says in a short video documentary about the phenomenon (below). “What is important is how he’d like to represent himself.”
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This Bullshit Industrial Complex has always existed. But thanks to the precarious economics and job prospects of the creative person, it is often in a creative’s financial interest to climb the bullshit pyramid. In the short term, it’s creating a class of (often young) creatives deluded into thinking they are doing something meaningful by sharing “advice.” Long term, it’s robbing us of a creative talent.
Category: Miscellaneous
At Least It’s a Well Understood Mess
OH: NodeJS + MongoDB is this generation’s Laurel and Hardy stack (“look at this mess you got me into”). Last generation’s was PHP + MySQL
— Stephan H. Wissel (@notessensei) June 9, 2016
Wanted: IT Security & Compliance Manager
Consolidated Metco, a company located in Vancouver, Washington is looking for an IT Security & Compliance Manager. Here are the job details:
http://amsted.hodesiq.com/job_detail.asp?JobID=5220448
Good luck and let me know if you apply for the job 😉
#TheWayToMigrate off of IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
LDC Via just released a new white paper entitled “LDC Via: a new way to migrate“. I highly recommend that you go and read the whitepaper and schedule some time with the folks at LDC Via. Tell them I sent you. If you are at IBM Connect in Orlando, it would be great to find Ben, Matt, Mark or Julian and see first hand how easy you can move your data off of IBM Lotus Notes and Domino.
Good or Bad?
Software migrations are like a divorce
Moving to another enterprise software stack is like a divorce:
- it costs a lot of money
- It never goes as planned
- There will be a lot of yelling and name calling
- It’s an emotional rollercoaster
- Having to move out into a new “stack” is scary
- Once it’s completed you feel great
And if you decide not to “divorce” you:
- You will be miserable
- There will be a lot of yelling and name calling
- You won’t get to try out new things
- Your users will continue to be miserable
- You only live once
Technology and Blind Students
Here’s a video my friend Andrew Pennington, a student at the Washington State School for the Blind made:
Here is a some more information about my recent experience with Andrew while teaching at Clark College that was originally shared on Facebook:
What a wonderful day it has been. My job shadow student from the Washington State School for the Blind spent the day working with me on class prep, code examples, a tour of the campus and then spent 2 hours in my PHP class. The students in the PHP class made him feel part of the class. He also shared with the class his plans for becoming a programmer and his plans to attend WSU. He was also very witty, which for those of you who know my PHP students, fit in perfectly
Another thing that truly struck a chord with me was that he has the same visual acuity as I do. Throughout the day I kept flashing back to myself at his age.
Again, what an awesome experience it was to host him at Clark College — Vancouver, Washington today.
You can also follow Andrew on Twitter.
Great Collapse
A few months back I was turned onto the rocking music of the bands Nations Afire and Rise Against. Members of Rise Against, Strike Anywhere, Set Your Goals and Comeback Kid formed a new group named “Great Collapse”. Their first EP “Elemental” was just released and it kicks some serious rocking ass. I absolutely love the guitar work of Chris Chasse. The drumming of Comeback Kid drummer Kyle Profeta is also outstanding.
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Thank you Joyce Davis
I wanted to take this opportunity to personally thank IBM’s Joyce Davis for her tenure as the IBM Collaboration Solutions Community Manager. I have learned so many things from Joyce over the years that it would be impossible to list them all however, the one thing that I have learned from her more than anything is to always look at the bright side of an issue or a person. Always focus on the overall good, rather than a moment of dissatisfaction.
Being a community manager can’t be an easy job. We the ICS Community have gone through several transitional times, both good, bad and even unfortunately ugly. Joyce has been there to ensure that the community as a whole remained even keeled. She provided us with the occasional “sanity check” that was sometimes needed. Joyce is “real” and she sometimes tells you things you didn’t want to hear.
All the best to Joyce in her new role in the IBM CIO’s office. You and the leadership you gave us will be missed.
Bruce Elgort 