I am a music geek… and I loves me some Pink Floyd. David Gillmore is amazing, and their songs are well-produced and thought-provoking. One of my favorites is “Welcome to the Machine” which explores themes of disillusionment, alienation, and the dehumanizing effects of systems of power, particularly in the music industry. I also believe as…
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Back in the 1980s, I worked for Ma Bell, better known as AT&T or Western Electric. It was the only game in town and a total monopoly. In 1984, it was broken up with AT&T owning the long-distance game and the Baby Bells owning local service. Those nine new companies lacked the resources to upgrade…
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You've Come A Long Way, Baby It's incredible how fast things change. Do you remember that slogan? “You've Come A Long Way, Baby.” That phrase was used in an advertising campaign for Virginia Slims, a brand of cigarettes marketed specifically to women. The slogan was introduced in 1968, and cigarette ads were banned in 1971.…
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AI (artificial intelligence) is everywhere. You can find it in writing programs, graphics programs, social and email distribution tools, and even golf clubs. Golf Clubs? As in the kind you swing? There is a golf driver (club) called AI Smoke. I think the only thing “AI” is the design. There is no computer or link…
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It's been years since I have been a conference attendee. Normally, I am at a conference to speak or support the organization. At a conference, you meet and interact with so many interesting people, from so many places, with so many agendas, and so many different levels of experience, knowledge, and stature. The latest conference…
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What Gets Measured… Gets Done? There is a famous saying, “What gets measured gets managed”, or “What gets measured, gets done”. It's often attributed to Peter Drucker (but his organizations said it was not him initially). Other sources say it was coined by William Thomson, the Scottish physicist also known as Lord Kelvin. That dude…
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