This is farcical. In 2005 this was all easy and clear. It's like MS have actually tried to make 2008 worse.

Even following the add adjacent group workaround the details group...

Gut feelings...I wonder where they come from? It's all a bit chicken and egg but perhaps we need to applaud atypical...

Noooooo! It would be too easy!

I have the "man-woman-different" argument with a female friend every so often. It *always* turns nasty. I would say it is because she is naive...

Ha! Every group has its demons 🙂

It's really nice to be able to have such a frank and rational discussion on such an emotive topic.

Forum discussions on gender inequality often seem to descend rapidy into angry...

What a great post.

"I dragged my toddler into the data center complete with pillows and blankets for off hours calls"

Should this be regarded as a good or bad thing? It's a hell of...

Are women able to contribute as much as men in IT? Absolutely.

Can *anyone* working part-time over a prolonged period in a senior role do as good a job as someone...

True. I think I am assuming more of an eyeball for obvious 'daft' errors rather than a thorough systematic check. Perhaps the analogy is that of major disasters, like a...

I kept thinking about that word 'delay' and wonder if it's key to effective automation. If you press one button, or just rely on an overnight job, to execute a...

An interesting example. So someone came up with the DSG device and said to their boss

'So I think we should implement this superior system, and the old duff one...

Never a truer word said Steve 🙂

Almost all the problematic projects I have worked on have ocurred where an IT solution is sought to a complex process that is either...

I think some kind of technical programming test is essential for determining a base level of capability. Anyone can say they 'know SQL' in an applicaiton but does this mean...

I speak from experience of my own place of work! We failed to take a proper handle on regular DBA work and have spent the last 6 months fixing and...

Get some developers, they need a SQL box, easy, they can manage this themselves, just a few databases - right? Couple of years later you have 150 databases festering away,...