Managing Difficult Problems

I can no longer count the number of times that I've been able to re-invigorate a problem investigation, even if I have zero visibility on the actual problem.  This takes some self-discipline that doesn't come easy, especially during an urgent investigation. Here's that one weird trick:I do the depth of reading myself.  If I see multiple threads, I'll read all of them.  Then I will write as short a summary of all of the facts that I can....

9 Mar 2019 · 4 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Book Reviews Introduction Page

I put up a book review introduction page: https://blog.vollink.com/p/book-review-introduction.html

2 Mar 2019 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Book Review Feedback Request

I have gone through and updated tags on all existing and future book reviews, with the hope they may be easier to find in the future. First, all book reviews (even short ones) now include the tag book-reviews.  That is, if I'm telling you what I think about a book, it is a book review.  There are also short-book-reviews on some. If my general impression of a book is that I enjoyed it, I've included the tag, recommend....

10 Jan 2019 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Google Cardboard is a Terrible Experience

Every time I ever try to do anything with Google cardboard - apart from the demo itself - the entire thing is a horrible experience. Take something that seems like it should be relatively common: VR video.  Go into cardboard (the app), request the VR video channel.  Find a video.  Start that video.  THEN hit the cardboard icon that will put it into cardboard mode.  Then pause it.  Put my phone into the cardboard-compatible viewer and hope it doesn't touch anything on the way in....

10 Nov 2018 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink