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 face proclaims “We are not matching Google pay.” … can we agree this is an own-goal? TL;DR His statement “We are not…Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
Feb 19THEM 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 the layoffs. Nothing I say will change $THEM, so I choose not to waste my time (or your time) on inconsequential prose. However, if any of you want to…Remote Working2 min readRemote Working2 min read
Feb 6I 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 … “I’ve done this because its expected”. I simply cannot get it right or feel good about it. I am jaded by…1 min read1 min read
Jan 22Understanding LINUX drives, partitions, volumes, file systemsA unformatted disk drive is like a warehouse, like a big empty room. If the disk drive has one partition, think of the disk drive as a warehouse with one single room … a big empty room If the disk drive has several partitions — think of each partition like…Linux3 min readLinux3 min read
Jan 10I LOVE Brave Sync, here is how to fix itI write code (among other things) I use BRAVE because it syncs bookmarks across several computers I find it useful to hit a URL on one computer, bookmark it, and move to a different computer and see the new bookmark. Hurray! Bonus points, my bookmarks include “Google Keep” Buckets of tears, BRAVE sync broke on my Ubuntu system. I fumbled around to fix it, even uninstalled and reinstalled Brave, no sauce. here is the fix … in your browser1 min read1 min read
Nov 18, 2022Our Primitive wiring collides with the modern workplaceWe have primitive wiring - Instinct to survive, fight, flight - Instinct belong - Instinct to become, grow, learn, improve The instinct to “become, grow, learn, improve” might be better portrayed as a more primitive need to climb pack ranking. Climbing pack rank meant better food, more procreation and increased…Workplace2 min readWorkplace2 min read
Sep 4, 2022Google Fiber customer service — how not to do itMy consumer internet went out. For TWO DAYS. OK, outages happen, what you do about it is what matters. Google Fiber customer service experience — First, Google was uninterested in fixing the problem, hence the TWO DAYs. Next, Google was uninterested in fair compensation. I asked for two months credit. According to Google Fiber support agent “math” they owe me $6.67. Wow, I had no idea they placed such high value on me as an ongoing customer (well, not for long).Google1 min readGoogle1 min read
Jul 17, 2022red flag — RED flag — RED FLAGOnce upon a time — I asked a professional friend “How are your sales? What’s working and what’s not?” His was a 60-person company. They had proven, unique and high value tech working in multiple real-world projects. He said “We can win grants, but grants alone are not enough. We…3 min read3 min read
Jul 6, 2022B2B Product Management “FAIL”The brief … true story. A VP of stuff at a large Silicon tech business (household name) inherits a backwater silicon Division, after the abrupt departure of previous GM. The previous GM had made decent progress on silicon for an emerging technology (lets call it newTech). Product Management had done…Product Management3 min readProduct Management3 min read
Apr 3, 2022Startups, Innovation and ProcessIn brief, AI startup, true story … “Plan of record, not for us. We don’t need that big company process.” 24+ months later, no product. TL;DR I worked for a startup. For 6 months, we thrashed about trying to figure out what we’d be when we were grown-up. …Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
