The Intersection of Technology and Reality
I’ve been working with AI systems across workflows, pushing the boundaries to see where the gears grind. During this process, a series of moronic abstract thoughts began to coalesce into something one could call a theory. If one got extremely drunk and covered one eye, that is. Anytime I brain fart a theory into existence, [ ]
Our Human Superpower is Now a Curse Word I’m an ornery hermit. I live in a log house miles from the nearest human and further from a cell signal. I don’t interact with other apes in person more than twice a month if I get my druthers. I do it for their sake, not mine. [ ]
Wall Street’s primary export is short-term euphoria masking long-term systemic rot. Right now, they’re propping up the entire U.S. economy on a house of cards built from consumer data mining, behavioral manipulation, and hyper-targeted advertising. It’s a $500B market fueled by the belief that if you track everything about everyone, you can sell them anything. [ ]
The Count of the Wobbleygooks I help you, you help me, and then we both see, That a world that is fixed is the best place to be. Life is a team sport, we’re all on the field, and the truth is the power that makes the best yield. It isn't just nice, and it [ ]
This is adapted from ‘The Lorax’ by the Great Dr. Seuss. If you have not read his work, please do. His stories teach beautiful lessons through the use of whimsy and wonder. I love Dr. Seuss, so this is a thing I do. If you like it, there are links to others at the end. [ ]
There’s a lot of buzz around the term micro-segmentation (uSeg) and I thought I’d take some time to demystify it, starting with some history. If you’re more of a visual learner skip to the end and check out the video. uSeg has roots in ‘zero-trust model’ type of thinking and architectures. At the most basic [ ]
Driving Digital Transformation “Digital, Digitization, Digital, Digital, Digital Transformation. There, I've hit my mandatory quota of 5 digital mentions for my presentation, now we can get to something interesting.†That was my opening line at a large data center and cloud conference in Rome. It wasn't the one I'd planned, but I had just spent [ ]
Scour the data sheets and marketing of the best business technology hardware and software and you will see complexity. You will see references to ports, protocols, abstractions, management models, object-oriented and non-object-oriented practices, etc. Hand that data sheet to a highly-intelligent, well-educated lay-person and you will get a blank stare. It often feels like we [ ]
Pop quiz hot-shot. What do the following three people all have in common? A product manager responsible for defining a product, driving engineering, and taking that product to market. Anyone working a sales job for any product, in any place. A candidate applying for any job, or requesting a promotion/raise at any job Answer: They must all [ ]
In this 35 minute video I provide some advice for building your career, putting a price on your value, and negotiating for salary/promotion. I'm having some issues with the frames display so the direct link may be better for you: https://youtu.be/ER5msIAx7do