For some reason this year a lot more 9/11 denialism has come across my social media feeds. I wonder if it’s because of the upcoming election. And I just can’t… I’d had enough a decade ago and wrote something then; I’m repurposing it here. I was working on Wall Street the day it happened, just half a mile away. I’d only moved to the US 2 months earlier. I spoke to people who were at WTC as it happened.
This isn’t my normal tech-ish posting; this is a more personal view at how Corporate America and tech startups and the like are abusing their workforce. I don’t mean the sort of abuse seen in the service industry (below minimum wages needing to be supplemented with tips; excessive overtime; all that stuff). I’m talking about white collar tech jobs. The sort of jobs I did; likely the sort of jobs you’re doing (if you’re reading this blog); office workers…
Else-net there was a discussion on how “security” is generally seen as a blocker; they’re seen as gate keepers and people who just say “no”, or who may be focused on regulatory compliance and not actual security. Who needs Mordac, the Preventer Of Information Services when you have a security team?! The thing is, “security” isn’t a monolith, and it’s not a one way street. Many teams I’ve only really seen security from a megacorp perspective, both from the companies I’ve worked for and the people from other companies I’ve spoken with over the years.
People keep telling me how Windows 7 is so much better than XP. Eventually, at work, I get forced into using it. The first thing I notice is that the taskbar is now all icons, which you have to mouse over to see what windows each application has. And there’s no quick launch area any more; you can pin applications to the taskbar so they’re there. However, I like having the XP option of having a program bar for each running program.
