Webster is Principal and Founder at Bruce F. Webster & Associates, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Brigham Young University. He works with organizations to help them with troubled or failed information technology (IT) projects. He has also worked in several dozen legal cases as a consultant and as a testifying expert, both in the United States and Japan. He can be reached at bwebster@bfwa.com, or you can follow him on Twitter as @bfwebster.
I’ve been deposed, oh, a dozen or more times, and I’ve attended at least another dozen depositions, ususally of opposing experts. Being deposed is my least favorite part of serving as an expert witness — somewhat like going to the dentist for 7 hours, with occasional breaks. (In fact, I plan to have a rather […]
The Big Dig Crumble news cycle keeps churning away…. MTA Chair Matt Amorello has filed a lawsuit to keep Gov. Romney from forcing his resignation. On the other hand, the other MTA board members had already filed suit against Amorello: Romney loyalists on the turnpike board also sued Amorello, claiming he has “improperly and illegally […]
UPDATED (07/28/06): A new poll shows Johnson with a 25-pont lead over McKinney. Boy, that was quick. UPDATED (07/25/06): I’ve made my contribution to Johnson; have you? Hank Johnson is running against Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D, GA-4), who is one of the folks that makes me consider leaving the Democratic Party. Johnson forced McKinney into […]
The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting article about a curious location in China. This location contains a scaled-down replica of rugged terrain, “complete with snow-capped mountains, streams and valleys.” Here is a direct link to the location in China via Google Maps. The scale model is roughly 850 meters long by 700 meters wide […]
UPDATED (07/24/06): Apparently, the documentary claims that Armstrong and Aldin saw a UFO as well. Hat-tip to Sploid. According to a new BBC documentary coming out — “Apollo 11: The Untold Story” — Neil Armstrong accidentally broke a switch for a circuit breaker on the lunar lander, then cannibalized a ball-point pen to close the […]
The age-old dictum “Follow the money!” appears to apply to the Big Dig Crumble as well, and Aaron Margolis over at HubPolitics.com is doing just that. Margolis’s investigation starts with a few fascinating items: State Att’y General Tom Reilly was “pushing for a deal with Bechtel [one of the major contractors] that would have given […]
UPDATED 07/24/06: Andrew Cline, editorial page editor for the New Hampshire Union Leader, proposes renaming the Big Dig after Melina Del Valle, the woman killed when a portion of the ceiling collapsed. ORIGINAL: The eastbound lanes of the Ted Williams Tunnel that were closed a few days ago have now been re-opened, but only for […]
It’s bad enough that Lance Armstrong, an American, won the Tour de France seven (7!) times in a row, in spite of various attempts to allege doping. But now that Armstrong has finally retired, and the field is now wide open for France (or, at least, Europe) to reclaim the crown, guess who wins? Yep. […]
One of my key principles in applying technology is that “more is not better.” Time Magazine has an excellent example of that, discussing the problems introduced by a change in climate control technology at the world-famous caves of Lascaux: Art restorer Rosalie Godin was overwhelmed for a very different reason when she was urgently called […]
While I haven’t commented much on the newest war in the Middle East, I have continued to follow it closely, both because of my interest in military history and that fact that it could lead to, oh, significant global conflict. By and large, my sympathies are with Israel, which is surrounded by countries and terrorist […]