Author: Roland Hughes

Roland Hughes is the president of Logikal Solutions, a business applications consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS platforms and Qt on Linux. Hughes serves as a lead consultant with over two decades of experience using computers and operating systems. With a degree in Computer Information Systems, the author's experience is focused on systems across a variety of diverse industries including heavy equipment manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, stock exchanges, tax accounting, and hardware value-added resellers, to name a few. Working throughout these industries has strengthened the author's unique skill set and given him a broad perspective on the role and value of technology in industry.

Experience Thank You Sir May I Have Another

And the Catholic Church Wonders Why People Leave It in Droves

This morning I stumbled across this story. How draconian! Speaking as someone who fell away from the Catholic church less than 30 seconds after high school graduation, even I am stunned at this story. It was a white suit for crying out loud. I don’t remember what it was, but…

Roland HughesOctober 13, 2017

Experience Reviews Society Thank You Sir May I Have Another

Marketing Means Don’t Be an Asshole

Over the past few weeks emails like this one have been circling around. ==== Subject: Do You Want MORE Reviews For Your Newest Book? Hello, I saw on Goodreads that you are interested in getting more reviews for your newly published book. I am offering an inexpensive book review tour…

Roland HughesOctober 10, 2017

Experience Stories

Those Nagging Little Questions – Chapter 2 – Are You As Ingenious as a Squirrel?

From time to time squirrels move into the pine trees near the parents house. They also take up residence in other trees around the homestead, but they tend to raise their young in the pine trees. We find out about the nests in the other trees when the leaves finally…

Roland HughesOctober 8, 2017September 22, 2017

Experience Society

Everyday Extraordinary – Pt. 2

Besides writing Part 1 of this thread, I went to visit my father in the nursing home. It’s not a fancy place, but it is nice with lots of good people. I don’t just mean good people working there, but good people as residents also. It’s a rather rural place…

Roland HughesOctober 7, 2017October 6, 2017

Experience Society

Everyday Extraordinary

Today I sold heads for a flathead Ford. We had them in stock! That line is from my younger drinking and darting days. There was this guy, barely old enough to get into the bar himself who used to show up in his auto parts shirt and plain pocket jeans…

Roland HughesOctober 6, 2017

Experience Kids These Days Society Technology Thank You Sir May I Have Another

Future Truth: Floppy disks will exist longer than your Internet storage services

I recently received an email from a friend who asked me if I had any of these. Her mother was looking for a few. Being the old geek that I am and knowing I rarely throw anything old out, it was a safe bet. I told her I could part…

Roland HughesOctober 4, 2017October 2, 2017

Experience Society Technology

Hang on Sloopy

This morning I was given time off from helping with harvest because there was nothing for me to do. The remaining soybean fields needed to be harvested straight into a truck to be hauled away as our bin storage was full. While sitting at the keyboard pondering which far behind…

Roland HughesOctober 3, 2017October 2, 2017