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And in the human-machine conversations?
The words have weight.
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Category: Productivity
Why IT and Information Security is rotting at most companies?
Seeing the rise of the Cyber Security incidents around the world a non-IT person asked me about the problems with the security domain and the challenges that make it difficult, or sometimes impossible to protect systems and data. My explanation starts with a hypothetical startup company that grows up during the decades and becomes successful. After the first data leaks they decide to take care of security, and we pick up the story at this point.
Continue reading “Why IT and Information Security is rotting at most companies?”How to use Python virtual environments in Visual Studio Code?
I need both Linux and Windows environments at the same computer. I have been a Linux desktop user for almost 20 years, but some of the tools I use recently require Windows 10. Dual boot was a great solution, but it required double hard disk space and maintenance. One of my daily driver tools is Windows-only and a heavy GPU consumer, thus I changed my primary OS to Windows, and my Linux experience relies on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
Continue reading “How to use Python virtual environments in Visual Studio Code?”Thoughts about (home) office productivity
Although home office was a thing for more than a decade for technologists, it came into a spotlight recently with the international lockdowns.
People formed two groups, the first group is those who support and like the home office and remote work, and the other group is convinced that work can only be done in an office with people in the organizational structure and with “real” visibility.
I spent almost a decade working on-site, and I can sum-up another decade of home office as well, so I think I have a fairly good overview of both worlds.
Continue reading “Thoughts about (home) office productivity”How to read faster and boost the productivity?
I like to read books and articles. I do it on paper and digitally as well. I try to read every day, but my pile of “to read” is just growing constantly. Additionally I like to enjoy and understand well what I read. In the end of the last year I started to experiment with speed reading, I watched a lot of videos, I read many articles and I tried to apply the newly learned things in my reading. I think I found out the answer for the question. At least for my case.
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