Phurnace Blog tagged 'deliver' http://www.phurnace.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:38:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.phurnace.com/blog/how-to-convince-your-boss-to-buy-phurnace-deliver-2.html <p><br/>When you buy a software tool for your use, you aren&rsquo;t just buying the application; you are buying the BENEFITS of what it does. Most often, you are really buying piano recitals, little league games and happy hours with your friends. You buy yourself time when you buy a good tool. Because with the right tools, you are in bed, fast asleep, instead of the datacenter at 3 a.m. pulling out your hair because of a deployment error or a server that won&rsquo;t capture transactions, or whateve [...] Robert Reeves Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100 deliver http://www.phurnace.com/blog/dull-and-boring-errors-and-omissions.html <p>BBC has a news report on how boring tasks can lead to errors and omissions. Evidently, your brain will go into &#39;autopilot&#39; mode when performing redundant, boring tasks. Apparently, there is a specific bit of brain activity that can occur right before you are about to make a mistake. </p> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/PET-image.jpg" alt="Your Brain on Phurnace" width="205" height="222" align="middle" /> <p>Until they can make a portable MRI for data ce [...] Robert Reeves Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100 Tips phurnace java deliver