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The stats Since that I posted that first article on August 16, 2006 to Global Nerdy, it’s been… 20 years 2 blogging platforms (Blogware, then WordPress) 11 million pageviews Almost 5,000 articles (this one will be number 4,989) 2 cities/countries: Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2006 – 2014 Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. 2014 – present …and of course, one […] The post Global Nerdy is 20 years old today! appeared…
Here are some of the AI articles and videos I’ve been looking at this past week: Allen Bargi: Working With AI Feels More Like Leadership Than Coding Google: Introducing Gemini 3.7 Flash Mun logadan: Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with? Netlify: Choosing an AI model: one prompt, 11 models, very different results [ ] The post AI linkdump for Sunday, August 16 appeared first on Global Nerdy .
Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, and memes I found over the past week. Share and enjoy! Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot An example of Claude’s watermarking Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Ed. note: In case you’re not familiar with [ ] The…
I’m back on the TWiT podcast this Sunday! As usual, it will livestream at 5 p.m. Eastern / 2 p.m. Pacific / 2100 UTC, and you can watch it live, or you can always catch the recorded version on YouTube on Monday on the This Week in Tech YouTube channel. This will be my fourth [ ] The post I’m on “This Week in Tech” this Sunday, August 16! appeared first on Global Nerdy .
I spent the morning and early afternoon of 813 Tech Day at Hotel Haya in Ybor. I’m still thinking about the Fortifying the Digital Frontier: Cybersecurity at the Forefront of Fintech Innovation session, largely because of the twist that host Michael Hall introduced, which made it different from every other “Cyber is important, yo!” panel [ ] The post “Culture eats cyber strategy for breakfast”:…
Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 17 through Sunday, August 23! This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes: ✅ When the event will take place ✅ What the event is ✅ Where [ ] The post Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 17 Sunday, August…
Here’s a video that isn’t from the place where I work (NetFoundry), but from someone works in a different part of AI security. Yet somehow they ended up at the same question that we at NetFoundry ask: How confident are you that your current tools can defend against the new threats brought about by AI? [ ] The post Watched a Black Hat interview on AI supply chain security and it’s NetFoundry’s…
813 Tech Day happens in Tampa this Thursday, and whether you plan to attend (I’ll be at the Hotel Haya and Sapphire events) or observe from afar, keep this word in mind: Scenius. What is scenius? Scenius is a portmanteau of the words scene and genius, and it was coined by musician, music producer, and visual artist [ ] The post Tampa Bay’s “Scenius” and 813 Tech Day appeared first on Global Nerdy…
Here’s a fun little contradiction to start your week with: NetFoundry asked 200 CISOs and CTOs whether they feel pressure to secure the AI they’re deploying. Unsurprisingly, and to my considerable relief, every single one said “yes”. We then asked how confident they are that their current tools can actually handle the new risks, and [ ] The post Security leaders we surveyed feel pressure to secure…
Pictured above is my standard AI usage disclosure slide, which I include in all my slide presentations these days. It’s gives the audience a quick overview of how I prefer to use AI when putting a talk together. Here’s the text: This strategy presentation was developed using AI assistance (Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini) for: Research: Market [ ] The post How I explain how I use AI in my…
Thursday, 8/13, is the day when we celebrate the techies and tech companies in the 813 area code: 813 Tech Day! We recently celebrated the 727 area code, which covers Clearwater and St. Pete with a one-day, multi-event celebration of the area tech community, and on August 13th, we’re doing it again for the Tampa side [ ] The post Tampa Bay Tech Week presents 813 Tech Day on 8/13! appeared first on…
Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, memes, and even videos — I found over the past week. Share and enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I5cVH6WPwas Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Phrasing! Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot…
Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 10 through Sunday, August 16! This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes: ✅ When the event will take place ✅ What the event is ✅ Where [ ] The post Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 10 Sunday, August…
Clint (who among other things, does all sorts of OpenZiti development and co-hosts Ziti TV with me) recently posted a video, OpenZiti 2.0: A Management API With No Open Port. It’s a quick but deep dive prompted by a great question over on our Discourse forums: What s the service configuration for the hosts part when [ ] The post [Video] OpenZiti 2.0: Securing the Management API With Zero Open…
It’s a completely counterintuitive concept, but that s the thesis of API Gateway Security: A Zero Trust Approach, an article we just refreshed on the NetFoundry blog. Read the article here: https://netfoundry.io/devops/api-gateway-security/ It’s written by Tod Burtchell, Associate Director Service Planning Development in Management Operations Platform (long title, dude!), whom I had the pleasure […
This made-for-the-modern office version of The Odyssey will make you both and laugh and weep, especially if you’ve suffered through a long Zoom/Teams call today. The post You “Odyssey” this modern version of The Odyssey! appeared first on Global Nerdy .
I drew the illustration above on the back of an actual envelope (one of my new “things” these days). It’s either the most or the least appropriate medium for a diagram about attack surface. Your call. It’s here because my colleague Mark Jaffe — NetFoundry’s Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer — just published an article [ ] The post Two doors an attacker loves, and one they can’t find appeared…
Someone in the wild built a Windows GUI for zrok, and it s worth a look! ZrokGui, by GitHub user muratgul, is a WPF / Material Design 3 desktop app that puts a friendly front-end on the zrok CLI. If you know someone who needs to use zrok and doesn’t feel comfortable with the command line [ ] The post ZrokGui: Windows GUI zrok front end built with WPF appeared first on Global Nerdy .
One of the bragging points of digital information is that it’s supposed to be possible to convert it from one format to another. Actually doing the conversion is often where theory runs headlong into practice and gets a concussion. Thankfully, when I need to convert text documents from one format into another, whether for myself [ ] The post Happy 20th birthday, Pandoc! appeared first on Global…
The folks at the observability platform Victoria Metrics have put together a Go 1.27 interactive tour that shows what’s in the new version of the Go programming language! This is of interest to me, because it’s OpenZiti’s implementation language (and OpenZiti is made by NetFoundry, where I work). Eventually, OpenZiti will be implemented in Go [ ] The post What’s new in the new Go? appeared first…
Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, and memes I found over the past week. Share and enjoy! Demonstrators gather for a protest outside SpaceX and Starlink facilities in Redmond, Washington, U.S., February 26, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder Screenshot Screenshot [ ] The post…