The state of it

Nothing in the mainstream media or traditional news outlets other than the struggle to survive.

War, Environment, cost-of-living, strikes, civil unrest, terrorism…

I am choosing a subset of the issues here – it is a long list of grievances, killing, intolerance and greed.

Why do the haters seem to get all the oxygen? There is no point discussing forgiveness or optimism or change. All they have is fear and anger and hate.

The bloody state of things.

Settled.

My new office has been a godsend. This evening it is starting to get dark early. Next week, following the change from BST, it shall be very dark. I like the atmosphere of autumn at twilight. Still love having this office space to work, relax and think.

Favourite things - view of the sea, chess board and middle bay window in the office.

“Developers”

I was watching a sales pitch from a company I use and whose products I generally like. I pay a good sum of money to them in licensing each year.

They started badly by introducing their new product with the line “Built by developers for developers” and I immediately recoiled. Not only is it a cliche but it is a promise which invariably leads to devlopment being turned into a messy, over-engineered product trying to follow “paradigms”.

Sounds like a great idea to a marketing team.