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] Fear by Bob Woodward

Book cover I haven't been sleeping well.  A good friend of mine suggested that my reading this book may be one of the reasons.  I can't dispute that directly.  As I write this, right before New Year's 2018, I'm actively looking for employment, and that is stressful, but this book definitely hasn't helped. Subtitled Trump in the White House, Fear is about the presidency of Donald Trump and written by the Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward....

6 Mar 2019 · 2 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] Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Book Cover This is a different form than my normal reviews.  I usually don't go back to old books to add to my reviews, but this is a touch-stone.  It's a book that a LOT of folks have read, and I hope it might help someone who also read this book tune in on where I'm coming from.  I read this book several years ago, and though I flipped through it to refresh my mind for this entry, I didn't just read it again in full....

20 Feb 2019 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink