Fearless
I recently read in a recruitment post: “We want someone who is fearless.” A rather unusual job requirement, it left me intrigued as to what it suggested about the employer and potential employee. What does it mean to be fearless? In aggregate, is it a good thing? Or really not so much? At its most […]
Decoded Says Learn Code in a Day
The ability to make technology palatable to average folks is a skill much in demand — yet still not as emphasized as it should be. It’s the idea behind Decoded, a very cool company that teaches citizens how to code — at least a little bit — in just one day. Based in London, with […]
Learning to Admire Allah (courtesy of Wikipedia)
Although I’m not quite conventionally religious, I do believe in a higher power: God as a force of nature. And I’m deeply fascinated by theology, and the sectarian cultural behaviors. I was born a Roman Catholic, which as a young child growing up in the USA had little meaning for me beyond amazing architecture, lovely hymnals and dazzling new […]