Signals over static - mostly about the cybersecurity, sci-fi, music and philosophy
Good morning from South Texas. Spent the weekend celebrating my wife’s third Mother’s Day with food, coffee, and the San Antonio Spurs. These are some of her favorite things, and they made for a wonderful couple of days of being unplugged and surrounded in a love I’m very lucky to have found. This week has […]
Yesterday, I published my first piece of fiction writing in nearly 30 years. It feels silly to say that, but then that’s part of the reason I’ve done it. For as long as I can remember, I have been obsessed with the art of storytelling. When I was young I used to write and write, […]
Today is an overcast day, and it is slightly sticky outside. However, there is a distinct sweetness to this humidity that I find relatively pleasant. I suppose because it reminds me of childhood summers. My mother-in-law recently mentioned that she is convinced the seasons have expanded and contracted and are now completely decoupled from our […]
Today started with thunder and a notification from the National Weather Service about flash flooding in my area. So, we’re off to a great start this Friday morning. It’s currently thundering and raining as I write this, and to say that I am disappointed would be a lie. I’ve always been a fan of grey, […]
Yesterday, I was able to get 1400 words out the door, so today will be a day of clean up. I’ve published more in the past two months than I think I have at any point in my life. And I must say: it’s fulfilling. If there’s one take-away I have from the velocity I’m […]
Whether by active strategy or passive habit, commodification is being woven into every level of the modern structure. And it might be the best thing that happens to industry. That feels counterintuitive, but as we sprint toward the boardroom’s utopia of faster time-to-production and lower human capital costs, the cybersecurity landscape is heading toward a […]
The weather is balmy here, and the mosquitos have decided that it’s time to make being outside miserable. This will go on for the next four months. Precisely during the time my grass requires watering the most. I am not amused. On a slightly related note, the city about 150 miles southeast of me will […]
Hello, I am alive. It feels interesting to be posting back here. Invigorating, yet slightly disappointing. Disappointing mostly because I’ve been leaning into writing quite a bit this month, and I wish I’d done that earlier My writing has been mostly technical in nature, for practical application in my career field. But I have started […]
The industry is trying to sell us a half-true AI productivity story. These tools are undoubtedly making us faster at completing tasks, but that comes at a cost far beyond the time required for humans to verify machine outputs. Across five hundred companies and eight months, Professor Suproteem Sarkar at the University of Chicago Booth […]