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The Mysteries of LinkedIn?

One of the world's great mysteries is the Bermuda Triangle. This area in the western North Atlantic Ocean, roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico, has long been the subject of mystery and speculation. Ships and planes tend to enter and then disappear from it. On average, it is claimed that four planes and…

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Reach Out… Reach Out and Touch Someone

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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It's Time To Get To Work

Being a geek, I am a big Star Wars Fan. Star Wars movies are basically stories about the battles between good and evil. Just like religion may say, “May the Lord be with you”, Star Wars says, “May the Force be with you.” Star Wars even has its own national day, May 4th (as in…

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The Anatomy of Trust

If you watch broadcast TV, I am sure you are happy the election is over and all we have to watch now are pharmaceutical and Christmas commercials. One of the interesting things I heard in post-election analysis was that a billion dollars was spent on TV ads. At the same time, the most decisive information…

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Superman vs The Boogeyman

I was listening to an interview about energy. One of the little-known facts about AI is that it requires power… Lots of POWER! A single query in a generative AI model may use as much energy as turning on a lightbulb for one hour. Generating two images with AI could use as much energy as…

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What's Old Is New

A Little Perspective I have been in marketing for almost 50 years. In my day, we walked to school uphill in the snow, even in the summer. On the way, we delivered newspapers while listening to our portable radios and reading every billboard along the road. It's no joke that I have seen and experienced…

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