I will look at it

Posted on 25 June 2012 by Gijs van Dulmen

Today I travelled by train towards work and home again. No more pesky traphic jams in the morning. While sitting and just staring out of the windows which wasn’t possible on the road I listened to a phone conversation of Continue reading →

Example of hearing what you want to hear (Benny Lava)

Posted on 26 July 2011 by Richard Zaat

Everybody probably knows this video (Benny Lava, Buffalax). A great example showing that you hear what you want to hear, instead of really listening to what is said.

Synchronize TFS and Excel via VBA

Posted on 30 December 2010 by Richard Zaat

Instead of running reports in TFS and exporting them to Excel, it is possible to run the TFS queries from Excel and get the results into Excel directly. This can even be automated using VBA. Here I’ll explain the steps Continue reading →

Error messages. Are they important ?

Posted on 23 December 2010 by Richard Zaat

YES. And a huge bank in the Netherlands recently found out. Error messages are usually hardly elaborated by specifiers and analysts. They don’t really care about them. And when they are described, it is often from the viewpoint of the Continue reading →

The order in which you put your words

Posted on 3 December 2010 by Richard Zaat

You really have to see this. It shows the power of language and the importance of how you position your words and part of sentences. And how you can turn a negative story into a positive one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq_sHxghcg - The future of publishing Continue reading →