PinnedTech Leadership “Fail”The brief … True story. a VP of stuff at a large Silicon Valley tech business, stands in front of an all hands meeting and with a straight…Apr 10, 20221Apr 10, 20221
First Principles solution to Data BreachData breaches are daily news, with worldwide business consequences. Data breach is solvable with a First Principles solution. Both…Oct 20Oct 20
Data Breach and Data driven innovationIn an epic cyber-own-goal; National Public Data (NPD), published its back-end database passwords on its homepage. Resulting in (possibly)…Aug 23Aug 23
Meetings … for the greater goodThe greater good, as I see it, is working together to create something meaningful and significant. Emphasis on “working together”. Do…May 27, 2023May 27, 2023
Pause AI … how about an alt? Simply flag vetted sources.Open letter (link below) from Elon and others suggesting a pause in AI. This premise is so ridiculous, it doesn’t deserve a response.Mar 29, 20231Mar 29, 20231
Innovation dies.I posit — we deliver our best work when we *want* to; not when we are *forced/threatened* (think carrot and stick). Innovation dies in…Mar 28, 2023Mar 28, 2023
THEM or YOU. It is about you.$YOU = folks impacted by tech-sector layoffs. $THEM = the people behind the tech-sector layoffs and the financial predicaments leading to…Feb 19, 2023Feb 19, 2023
I am wired to dislike Valentine’s DayOMG, I dislike Valentine’s day. Do I buy a card? Do I buy dinner? Do I buy flowers? All three? Two of the three? And these feel insincere…Feb 6, 2023Feb 6, 2023
Understanding LINUX drives, partitions, volumes, file systemsA unformatted disk drive is like a warehouse, like a big empty room.Jan 22, 2023Jan 22, 2023