Most people act stupid because they are physically addicted to boredom.

[reddragdiva]

I fear I am insufficiently able to slip into the semi-comatose state my job requires.

I have been rereading the fine papers at reciprocality.org. It's a massive expansion of the ideas in The Programmer's Stone (mappers vs. packers - a paper everyone who works in IT should read, by the way). Reciprocality.org is somewhat crackpotty in places, but is generally decently thought-stimulating stuff. Particularly on a Friday at work.

(By the way - the UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints that there is no proof that ISO9001 does a company any good at all.)

I am also pleased that sclerotic_rings put in a link to it. That's Paul T. Riddell's popular science weblog, which I highly recommend.

Comments

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

I like the "M0" document.

ISO9001

[sclerotic-rings.livejournal.com]

I had my suspicions that ISO9001 did no good, but it's nice to get it confirmed. I can't tell you the number of times I've been quizzed by companies about my understanding of ISO9001, only to discover that these same companies cannot move forward because of the logjam of paperwork required by the protocols. Actually, it's not a set of standards at all: it's a classic CYA exercise.