Alan Williamson

Observations on software, leadership,
and thinking like a CTO

  • Empathy

    The importance of empathy in product development, encouraging creators to consider the end user’s experience. By understanding users’ perspectives and needs, developers can enhance productivity and create solutions that resonate emotionally. The goal is to foster a positive connection with users, ensuring outputs are accessible and valuable.

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  • The Angels’ Share (2012)

    This was one of those movies that you would have had to seek out.  It didn’t make the cinema and went straight to DVD release obscurity.   Yet this, amusing Scottish comedy, about a young Glaswegian man who finds himself on just the wrong side of the law, escapes a prison sentence decides that he Read Post ⇢

  • Clear and Present Danger (1994)

    The 3rd outing in the Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series, sees Harrison Ford reprising the role for the second (and his last time).  Ryan dealt with the Russians in the first one outing, under the sea with the Hunt for Red October and then we had him fighting the Irish in Patriot Games.  Here we have him Read Post ⇢

  • The Last Boy Scout (1991)

    Bruce Willis after 2 Die Hard movies takes on another over-the-top action movie but this time as down and out detective, Joe, working in LA.  He is hired to look after a stripper the girlfriend of ex LA football player, Jimmy Dix, played by Damon Wayans.   She gets murdered and Jimmy and Joe team up in Read Post ⇢

  • Kelly’s Heroes (1970)

    I honestly don’t know where to start with what is one of my all time favourites.  For me that means a movie I can watch many times and still get something out of it and not be bored.  The caper heist is always a wonderful genre to play with and gives a wonderful romantic view Read Post ⇢

  • Bridge of Spies (2015)

    Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are back to tell a true story from the 1950′s era when the cold war was at its height in America’s paranoia around the nuclear arms race and communism. A Russian spy, Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) is arrested by the FBI in New York and is interrogated but refuses to give up Read Post ⇢

  • School for Scoundrels (1960)

    I am a sucker for old British black and white comedies.  They reigned supreme from around 1945 to 1965 and gave us some classic actors such as Alec Guinness, Alistair Sim, Terry Thomas and Norman Wisdom.  The story lines where woefully simple and one dimensional and served as a perfect remedy for a young boy, Read Post ⇢

  • Back to the Future Part II (1989)

    The date is 21st October 2015 and of course it is Back to the Future day.  The day Doc and Marty travel forward to fix his children who have managed to screw things up that a little help from our time traveling duo.   So it is very fitting that we watch this movie on Read Post ⇢

  • Shanghai Noon (2000)

    Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson team up together in this comedy western to rescue the kidnapped Chinese princess played by the beautiful  Lucy Liu.  With Chan not knowing any English, or anything about the West is your classic fish out of water setup.  Not dissimilar to the usual Crocodile Dundee story. Chan plays pretty much the exact same Read Post ⇢

  • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

    When will I learn?  How much pain should one go through before I realize that Adam Sandler movies, no matter the format, should be avoided at all costs?  Though in my defense I wasn’t aware this one was voiced and written by him.  This movie was at the request of my 9 year old who found Read Post ⇢

the leg-end that is, Alan Williamson.

For over 20 years, I’ve shared my thoughts whenever the muse strikes. It’s unpredictable, honest, unedited, and occasionally witty. I’m living the best years of my life, working harder than ever, and enjoying every second.