Mess up migration
How can you mess up a content migration on day 1? In the Netherlands, we know the term “tile wisdom.” By this, we mean that we describe a cliché on…
Workaround
When creating the first automobiles it was good engineering to equip the car with a clutch mechanism. Electric cars have made them redundant. Same happens in IT. Old solutions are rebuilt without questioning.
Crafty-lists
Microsoft! I dare you, I double, triple or quadruple dare you, but this is something that you cannot establish.
Old Male Elephants
With elephants, the old men are indispensableOld elephant males unnecessary for the herd? On the contrary, they are crucial.A herd of elephants in Botswana. Old males play an important leadership…
Boundaries
This blog is about boundaries, and it is the second in a series of four in which I explain my way of working. It may seem playful or unorthodox, but there is a method behind it.
Potato Black Box
Use cases description is difficult but essential. It describes the process and functional application of tools. In our world, these applications are often IT functions. It is by no means the intention to mix this functional approach with the technical realization. That is the conversation between the system designs and the architect/developer.
Woke
Sorry! I'm an older man and I'm not getting it anymore. In November 2021 I received an email from a Polish colleague. A woman in her thirties. She was annoyed…
Folders
A historic observation about how humanity got to the point that they have computers and still store their content like 8000 years ago. There are alternatives.
SharePoint Stampede
SharePoint stampede. It doesn't matter if we discuss Microsoft Teams or any form of SharePoint. The delivery method covers a spectrum from "let 1000 flowers bloom" and makes all buttons…
WHO'S THAT GIRL?, Madonna, 1987
Versioning
Why bother, what's the fuzz with versioning There is a specific behavior that we try to tame. In the past, versions were created as new files, possibly with a version…