Drew Mattke - Professional Technical Designer
 
 
2005-08-30
 

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Innovation vs Comfort of legacy systems
A while back, a friend of mine recounted to me a nugget of wisdom from an old client who said, "you know what 'legacy system' means to me? It means that it works."...

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2005-08-30
 

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Random Access 27
Another random topic to come here.
Maybe we'll talk about the strangely dream-like world of Kafka and how his Castle so reminds me of working for a certain large company whose name shall go unmentioned in this article.

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Drew Mattke, Technical Design Director







 
   
   
 
 
 

Here on my personal business site, learn more about me as a professional than a one-page resumé can impart. You'll also discover some insights that I am happy to share with you. These topics bring together elements of Design, Technology, and Business — with some random thoughts that tie back in ways you might not expect.

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QUANTUM COMPUTING

Quantum computers could push the limits of computing power.

We may never have a quantum computer on our desk, but it is already possible to harness some of the bizarre properties of sub-atomic elements to perform complex calculations.

How about factoring a 100 digit number in less than a second? For reference, the fastest digital computer on Earth would take more than 12 Billion years to do this.

 

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Blink :: by Malcolm Gladwell

Blink

Somewhat popular pop-psychology book with some interesting insights into decision-making and what influences our thought process.

 

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Linked :: by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

Linked by Alberto-Laszlo Barabasi

An in-depth exploration of how networks work and surprising insights into how they are part of our lives.

 

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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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