As long as there have been humans, the story has been the same:
In early 2020 we heard statements that Coronavirus could infect as many as 2.5 billion people within 45 days and kill as many as 52.9 million of us…that’s one scary statistic! In March 2020 the World Health Organisation declared that the mortality rate would be 3.4%, another scary forecast! On this basis, or some other statistic or forecast, a few good men and women declared a pandemic. Fortunately, as we all may know now, those predictions of gloom and doom have not come to pass and were, shall we say, somewhat exaggerated. The sky hasn’t fallen. Continue reading
Building on the foundation concept that behaviour is just the taking and rejecting of ‘Opportunity’, Ian Dalling explains that:
Uncertainty is another word for risk. Reliability uncertainty or risk is neither good nor bad, it just a bit unknown. Until we know the outcome, the eventual reliability performance, we will not know the impact.
So, how do we deal with reliability uncertainty? Will our product or system work as expected over time, or will it fail? Let’s examine a few of the common approaches in use and when and why the approach is effective. Continue reading
The Covid 19 Pandemic has created an urgent need for seniors to learn how to use social media and tele-conferencing
During the past 20 months the Pandemic has led to the emergence of video-conferencing technologies such as zoom and facetime, to help people maintain contact with family and friends providing crucial connectivity when physical contact was not possible. Continue reading