So much has been written about how difficult it is to predict the future. The topic is simply self-explanatory – the future is unpredictable and for many, attempting such a feat is tantamount to a total waste of time and effort. And yet, for as many years as I have been posting to this blog, going all the way back to 2008 and the post My Wish for NS Blades, simply contemplating what might be has me turning to my magical lamp to check in with the genie. Perhaps not, but every three years which in IT years I view as being close to an eternity, I “have at it” and put pen to paper. Well, my fingers to a keyboard at least. If you look back through the labels created for this blog and check the regularity of the posts about my three wishes for NonStop, separation of three years seems reasonable. Having said that, when contemplating the future for NonStop today you will see that four years have elapsed between this post and the previous post. I put this down to the COVID year as opportunities
Everything shines on a modern cruising yacht With 2023 firmly in the books, it proved to be a statement year for Margo and me. That’s right, we didn’t buy a new car all year. This may come as a surprise for many of our regular readers but our ongoing support of our clients was such that we simply didn’t have the time to take in any of the car shows or to walk showrooms floors. Perhaps even more shocking, we were given the opportunity to take delivery of an upgraded C8 Corvette – the new Z06 model – but we turned it down delaying such purchase for at least one more year. You might say, we resisted all temptations to jump on opportunities to drive away in shiny new cars. A blogger I follow on LinkedIn provided insights into what distracts start-ups during their first months of operation. To save you scrolling back through constantly changing LinkedIn feeds, her observations were right on the money. What she wanted to convey was that after working with a company to the point of a produc