How Jeroen Zomer sees IT

smart lazyness

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in draft, work | No Comments »


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I am lazy. I admit it. I wouldn’t know how to cope with the information overload otherwise. You know what: Actually being lazy keeps me quite busy. You need to be lazy and apply it in a smart way. ...

Dear Project Leader

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in work | 1 Comment »


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an open letter to all (IT) project leaders Doing a project is a multidisciplinary job. It is a serious game with a lot of stakeholders and due to the fact that both you an I are quite expensive, let alone all ...

If it ain’t broken, it’s no fun

Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in work | No Comments »


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One of the reasons I like computers, is because there is so much failure. I enforce some analog superiority over the digital failure to fix it. I like computers because I am capable of fixing them. Fixing problems is very ...

The Golden Triangle of Happiness

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in work | No Comments »


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Happiness at work is simple. At least for knowledge workers like me. There are three parameters which need to be in order: Mind, Money and Development.

Target reached, goal missed…

Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in work | 1 Comment »


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It is not a secret that I am not too fond of targets. I think they harm flexibility and hence service. Targets are fun if you reach them: most of the time they are rewarded as a financial bonus. But if ...