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Asking Questions Internally - Andrew Aylettv1.0.1, 2022:Help your colleagues to help you

Practical advice for getting help from colleagues at work: read the docs first, explain the business impact, start with your own team, avoid the XY problem, and include enough context for others to actually help you. ^?

Assessing the Ecological Impact: Scope Three Zero - Andrew Aylettv1.0, 2021:I want all my suppliers to tell me my scope three emissions are zero, please.

A manifesto arguing that suppliers should internalise their carbon costs so that scope three emissions are zero for their customers, making sustainable choices the default and removing the accounting burden from consumers. ^?

Document Expiry - Andrew Aylettv1.0, 2020:The world changes; is this still relevant?

Why articles on this site carry expiry dates: the world changes around old documents, and it helps to know whether what you're reading is still considered current. ^?

Driving With Snow Chains - Andrew Aylettv1.0, 2013:Useful if you need them

Lessons from a first-time snow chain user: practise in the driveway, don't try to skip them on hills, untangle before fitting, wear waterproof trousers, and removal is easier than you'd expect. ^?

Draft: Nerds, Geeks, and Hipsters - Andrew Aylettv0.1, 2024:Attributes across two axes

A draft exploring how nerds, geeks, and hipsters differ along two axes: desire to share and desire to talk about their interests. ^?

Privacy - Andrew Aylettv1.2, 2021:This is not a privacy policy

This site sets no cookies and keeps no logs. The goal is to avoid processing any personal data so no GDPR consent is needed. Hosted by Vercel with Plausible analytics, neither of which collects personal data from visitors. ^?

Revisionism - Andrew Aylettv1.2, 2020:Or: why this website isn't a blog

Why this site is a collection of articles rather than a blog: articles can be revised, versioned, and given lifecycle states, instead of being tied to a posting date and left to go stale. ^?

Smart Kid Belt - Andrew Aylettv1.0, 2020:Some thoughts on the "Smart Kid Belt"

Research notes on the Smart Kid Belt, a controversial child restraint that is just a strap holding the seatbelt down. Despite Polish type approval, multiple countries have called for its withdrawal as it falls outside UN Regulation No. 44. ^?

Some Thoughts? - Andrew Aylettv1.2, 2023:Worth whatever you paid for them.

Introducing a new section for shorter, less formal writing that doesn't warrant a full article. Metadata and tags may be LLM-assisted, but the content remains Andrew's responsibility. ^?

Telephone "Security" Questions - Andrew Aylettv1.0, 2012:Who is this "security" for, anyway?

When a company phones you and asks security questions, the security protects them, not you. You have no way to verify who called. The fix is to call them back on their published number, but companies rarely make that easy. ^?

Why Christian Education? - James MacInnes2013:The choice for a Christian parent is between full-time or part-time Christian Education.

An argument by James MacInnes that Christian parents face a choice between full-time and part-time Christian education, and that non-Christian schooling presents children with a worldview that conflicts with faith at home. ^?