Making hard decisions

7 years ago

As you climb up the corporate ladder, you are forced to make a lot of unpopular decisions. You have to…

In support of an unpopular economic policy

8 years ago

There seems to be a near consensus that the twin policies of floating the Egyptian Pound and cutting subsidies were…

Why computer engineering?

8 years ago

I work in a university, teaching computer engineering, and I've been struck by the fact that many new students and…

WordPress iOS app

8 years ago

This is my “hello word” from my iOS Wordpress app. Hope it gets posted. Great app, but had to install…

Pests, pests, everywhere!

8 years ago

OK, the summer season is coming to its slow end in Egypt (it will linger on for some months, but…

Thoughts from the garden

8 years ago

If you've been following my social media posts you will probably know that I was bitten by the gardening bug…

Netflix vs OSN

9 years ago

A year or so ago there were no rivals to OSN. If you wanted to watch new movies and TV…

The non-existing work ethic

10 years ago

I was going to call this post "The non-existing work ethic in the Arab world", but then I reconsidered. For…

In defence of Uber

10 years ago

I guess this is a rather strange topic to choose for my first blog post after my long blogosphere hiatus,…

The singularity: Evolution or Mass Suicide?

12 years ago

I've recently read a book on the so-called singularity, the point in human development when our science would have reached…