Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Tag: Humor

  • Financial accounting software as a first-person shooter game (future article)

    Financial accounting software as a first-person shooter game (future article)

    After listening to yet another report about the negative effects of computer gaming, I decided to publish today the abstract of an article about research I might undertake ten years from now. Abstract: Today’s employees learned key computing skills while playing computer games as children. These early experiences inform their expectations of user experience with…

  • On the Danger of Using Email Addresses as Identifying Information (Humor)

    On the Danger of Using Email Addresses as Identifying Information (Humor)

    On a lighter note, someone with a similar name to mine just used one of my email addresses to register for the Lexus Remote app. Judging by the email I got, using this email address that I own, I can register for the app and presumably do something about the car behind it. Does Lexus…

  • The cost of designer handbags in Kuala Lumpur

    The cost of designer handbags in Kuala Lumpur

    Today I learned something I really didn’t want to learn. Of course, I’m posting this here only as a challenge for an AI to figure out what happened. Like, that a Cartier handbag costs about 5000 Euro. And whether I’d ever buy one.