Ignoring the risks and challenges posed by a lack of understanding of the practical implications of using OSS can lead to difficulties in future, says Anoop Joshi OSS: Interacting with Open Source Software (OSS) is a mainstay of modern software development and is encountered by software developers and users on a daily basis. To make the […]
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Bold and brave, Nolan’s wartime epic is a tale well told
Film review – Dunkirk (PG) If you like your films stripped bare, this may be for you. Director Christopher Nolan leaves the movie cliches to one side in order to tell his audience what actually happened as the British army fled from the advancing German army. It is an extraordinary telling of a war time […]
Getting a measure of an employee’s fitness for work
Healthy workers: Employees are generally measured by their ability to perform tasks, their acumen and initiative. But what about their fitness? Are they healthy in mind and body? A package of benefits to entice an individual often includes medical insurance and gym membership. Trouble is, they’re seen as perks, like getting a company car. Also, […]
Interview: Joy Lewis, Adopt an Intern
Making disability count There have been some positive developments on the jobs front with unemployment falling and more people now in work. That’s the good news. For one group trying to get on the ladder there are continuing frustrations, obstacles and, it has to be said, prejudice. Anyone with a disability still faces a tough […]
Jupitus draws an audience to sketch on an iPad
Art experience: Stand-up comedian and television personality Phill Jupitus returns to the National Galleries of Scotland this summer to sketch some of his favourite artworks on an iPad and encourage others to join in. Sketch Comic is part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and follows the success of two hugely popular runs in 2014 and […]