As someone who is every day in multiple video conferences I'm always surprised that hardly any tool is able to create user friendly invitations. Most of the time I get a wall of text in the meeting description, often with multiple links, and than I have to search for the right link to join the meeting.

The link to the meeting belongs to the "location" field! The description is for additional information such as the meeting agenda.

This is one of many reasons why I appreciate invitations via Nextcloud Talk so much. It is one of the few tools that does this correctly.

#VideoConferences#Remote #work #calendar #invites#Nextcloud#Talk

Job listing...

"London (Remote)"

Also job listing...

"Required to travel to London office most Mondays"

#Facepalm#Work#JobListingHell

I have done things for money I am not proud of...

#work #capitalism #taboo

I have done things for money I am not proud of...

#work #capitalism #taboo

Most cybersecurity risk comes from just 10% of employees

A new report from Living Security and the Cyentia Institute sheds light on the real human element behind cybersecurity threats, and it’s not what most organizations expect.

💻 https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/16/human-cybersecurity-risk-employees/

#itsecurity #cybersecurity #wrongsetup #human #emploi #work #just10

This morning, something happened that brought me immense pleasure. A long-standing client called and asked if they could "bother" me. I replied that they weren't bothering me at all, and that I was "testing some new things". They immediately said, "Oh, I'll call you another time then".
Of course, they had my full and undivided attention from that moment on.

One of the challenging aspects of my work method is making people (not necessarily clients, but generally) understand that experimentation is more important than deployment itself. When they see me set up a server in a very short time (and it will stay up for years), it's not (just) because I use effective tools, but also because it's backed by research, errors, and successes. In a word: experience.

Sitting in front of my computer with two old APUs, therefore, isn't a pastime but one of the most critical parts of my testing. Dated and underperforming hardware necessitates optimization. When people grasp this, it's a true joy for me.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go check how a signal penetrates concrete walls with three different access points placed in the same spot...

...And the fact that I enjoy all of this immensely is just an added bonus! 😆

#IT#SysAdmin#Work

🪷 The Zen of Forgetting 🪷

today is one of those where you solve long-standing intellectually challenging problems, with intricate requirements and nested dependent stages with a matrices of ways in which everything could go immediately back to being broken, but everything was smooth..

and afterwards you can't quite remember how the entire thing was resolved, because it's been going on for so long with full cognitive flow, those perfect meditative hours in the terminal..

and the internal voice says, "hmm, well, revision control will know the before and after, so the middle part isn't important." 🤷

and then you move on 😌

#programming #engineering #meditation #work

🪷 The Zen of Forgetting 🪷

today is one of those where you solve long-standing intellectually challenging problems, with intricate requirements and nested dependent stages with a matrices of ways in which everything could go immediately back to being broken, but everything was smooth..

and afterwards you can't quite remember how the entire thing was resolved, because it's been going on for so long with full cognitive flow, those perfect meditative hours in the terminal..

and the internal voice says, "hmm, well, revision control will know the before and after, so the middle part isn't important." 🤷

and then you move on 😌

#programming #engineering #meditation #work

“Meet the COMPUTER ADDICTS”

Chris was living his #RetroComputer life back in 1983. It was foretold 😂🤣☺️

#BBC / #computing #work / #hardware / #VideoGames / #Commodore / #PET 1983 <https://youtube.com/watch?v=jbu0kmCeLSI

Most cybersecurity risk comes from just 10% of employees

A new report from Living Security and the Cyentia Institute sheds light on the real human element behind cybersecurity threats, and it’s not what most organizations expect.

💻 https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/16/human-cybersecurity-risk-employees/

#itsecurity #cybersecurity #wrongsetup #human #emploi #work #just10

a new Poly CCX-700 OpenSIP phone appears, and after extensive updates from v7.1 to 9.x, it's ready for work.

also, yes. I have a SIP desk phone for Zoom, Teams, and regular calls.. at home. it also has a webcam. surprising, surely.

life has come to this because the usual computer based versions are so terribly unreliable and inconsistent that I cannot rely on any of them on Mac, Linux, browser based on FreeBSD, or even on Windows.

at least with the desk phone this is it's only role, that's all it does. I never wanted the modern design pattern: "this one device does everything marginally!" I don't like smartphones, I don't even want a touchscreen phone, and when I'm away from the phone I am unavailable on purpose.

#work #morning #monday #

a new Poly CCX-700 OpenSIP phone appears, and after extensive updates from v7.1 to 9.x, it's ready for work.

also, yes. I have a SIP desk phone for Zoom, Teams, and regular calls.. at home. it also has a webcam. surprising, surely.

life has come to this because the usual computer based versions are so terribly unreliable and inconsistent that I cannot rely on any of them on Mac, Linux, browser based on FreeBSD, or even on Windows.

at least with the desk phone this is it's only role, that's all it does. I never wanted the modern design pattern: "this one device does everything marginally!" I don't like smartphones, I don't even want a touchscreen phone, and when I'm away from the phone I am unavailable on purpose.

#work #morning #monday #

This thing, where everyone at this place thinks every important hyperlink they want to promote needs a QR code beside it, continues to break my brain.

Like if people are looking at the page on mobile, they will click the hyperlink.

If people are looking at the page on a PC, they will click the hyperlink.

No one is putting digital signage up, with these pages front and center. #Work

My eldest offspring, Linus, has just finished his degree in #CreativeMusicTechnology, and has put his #ShortFilm#ConceptAlbum online.

Edit: he got a 1st! 😭

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7eB1BO1F0

Linus is available for #work 🙂 as a composer, sound designer, scoring, game design, etc.

#music #composer #composition#SoundDesign #jobsearch #jobs #job #employment #gamedev #gamedesign #film #cinemastodon #cinema #movies #FilmMastodon #filmmaking #filmmaker

My eldest offspring, Linus, has just finished his degree in #CreativeMusicTechnology, and has put his #ShortFilm#ConceptAlbum online.

Edit: he got a 1st! 😭

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7eB1BO1F0

Linus is available for #work 🙂 as a composer, sound designer, scoring, game design, etc.

#music #composer #composition#SoundDesign #jobsearch #jobs #job #employment #gamedev #gamedesign #film #cinemastodon #cinema #movies #FilmMastodon #filmmaking #filmmaker