Opinion

Disruption

Disrupting the Disruptors

One of the side effects of my line of business is that I get to spend a lot of time meeting , talking to, networking with and working with many so-called start-up entrepreneurs. More often than not helping them to overcome an issue which from what appears from the outset as a technological problem but after further analysis actually stems from deeply rooted business problems.

What is Clean Code ?

Clean code and the practices are about eliminating or at least attempting to reduce complexity. Although clean code solutions may seem elegant and efficient, they are not always easy and are often the direct result of combating complexity!

What is DevOps ?

philosophical discussion or what devops actually means andf a brief recap on it’s evolution

How to Get back your online privacy

The downside to all this advertising on websites is that they are often distracting, especially if you are in work mode, and inevitably it means your users are being tracked and their privacy invaded . All in the hope that you can generate a little revenue.

5 reasons why the office is a bad place to work

The world of work is changing and it will continue to evolve. I doubt there ever will be a one definitive correct way to work. By the same token it doesn’t mean anyone method of working is any better over the another. I believe the manner of work  is a personal lifestyle choice. I deplore working offices and all the secondary hassles that is associated with it, my lifestyle choice is to work from home. Excuse the pun but

The challenges of remote working

Remote working certainly does have its challenges but at the same time, it has its rewards. I thought I would take to opportunity to add my own perspective on the issues raised.

How not to do technical interviews

Interviews in any profession are notoriously difficult and lets be honest nobody either side of the desk likes going through the motions. This post is my opinion on why the process is fundamentally broken.

How to effectively manage distributed teams

With the right work structure, distributed teams can easily surpass the productivity of a traditional team. Using effective tools and apps to manage and communicate is vital to achieving success, as is creating an onboarding process and environment that builds a positive team culture while enabling greater productivity and collaboration

What is a smart home?

Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able in a way which helps them address and reduce their ecological impact.

Threenine's Denizon product line successfully integrate IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology to enable efficient, productive, secure and scalable solutions to help organisations address increasing energy demands, ecological impact and Health & Safety concerns of their staff.
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For most people the home is sanctuary, a place they are able to disconnect from the world outside. It is also the biggest asset most people will purchase in their life times.  However, maintaining a home can be a burden for time starved busy families.

Once considered to be an ideal only the future generations would acheive, a smart home is pretty much a possibility today. The reason for this are partly because over the last 30 years computer technology has changed the way we work, changed the way we communicate, it’s even changed the way we socialise.

Technology is everywhere, it stands to reason that technology will now really start to change our homes. The key objective of any technology is minimize or eliminate time wasted on repetitive and boring household chores.

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Differences between HomePlug 1.0, HomePlug AV and HomePlug AV2

Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able in a way which helps them address and reduce their ecological impact.

Threenine's Denizon product line successfully integrate IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology to enable efficient, productive, secure and scalable solutions to help organisations address increasing energy demands, ecological impact and Health & Safety concerns of their staff.
Latest posts by Gary Woodfine (see all)

In previous posts, I have discussed  What are HomePlug Adaptors and why choose homeplug for your home network and I elaborated a bit more on What is a… Read More »Differences between HomePlug 1.0, HomePlug AV and HomePlug AV2