Thoughts on Emerging New Age
As we enter a new era, which is still undefined, some thoughts. Is Make-Believe Time Over Yet? At least one entire generation seems to have been subject to “arrested development”, and often the arrest seems to have taken place in kindergarten. Make-believe time (also known as “Let’s Pretend” time) was a favorite of the creative, […]
A “safe space” social media platform. Sigh.
People who have no idea how this blog started, or why it is the way it is, may not like the contents. Not sorry.
The Dawn of the Disinformation Age
We can haggle about the exact month or quarter later, when we have historical hindsight, but as of right now I’m calling it: the Information Age has ended, and we are now in the Disinformation Age. Fake News is not the Reason Chris Hedges did a good job describing the Fake News phenomenon: The object […]
COTS was a Mistake : Get America Working & Winning Again with Open Source Firmware
COTS stands for “commercial, off-the-shelf” and our nation moved away from custom development to COTS back in the early 1990s, as I recall. Of course my own perspective is quite biased (as is yours). If someone researches the true facts, they can gain more accurate insights into what I suggest here (and please do). Prior […]
You, Robot.
The other day I noted that so many people I meet in the everyday life these days have nothing going on. People I meet in passing, at the store, or in a restaurant, or perhaps during travel… are “non-employed” or under-employed. Upon casual review, such as light conversation or interaction, they exhibit no signs of […]
Six Ways Matthew Ingram is Wrong about Andrew Keen Being Wrong about the Internet
Matthew Ingram published “Six ways in which Andrew keen is wrong about the internet [sic]” and I have to say, “what nonsense”. It’s so much fluff, wrapped in stock photography and Modern Typography, that it’s comical (to me… an admitted Silicon Valley Outsider). So here on my ugly little blog, where an audience 0.0001% the […]
Cloud Storage
A poet friend recently got upset about a bill he received for Google’s cloud storage. He wasn’t aware of his wife’s increased use of his online storage account, which incurred a fee on his credit card. He complained to Google, including a small rant:
“What the hell is a “Cloud Platform”?????? Do clouds need platforms? If […]
When there are no Jobs
As in independent consultant and small business owner, I see how the markets and society impact productivity every day. One thing that need acknowledgement is that we are responsible for our own difficult situations. By we, I mean the tech sector companies, managers, workers, employees, investors, and consumers.
When we don’t respect education, we don’t get […]
Aaron Von Frankenstein
I’ve seen plenty of blog posts lately about Aaron. What Aaron did. How What Aaron Did is not much different from “what we do” every day, where “we” refers to tech-savvy Internet users. Aaron was accused. Aaron was indicted. Aaron was attacked by the powers that be, captured, cornered, labeled a criminal and sentenced to […]