After trying for years, I am heading to WWDC this year for the first time. I understand that there are a ton of – non-Apple events that happen at the same time, but I am heading to WWDC not those other events. I will be going to a few events in the evenings, but I […]
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The Myth of the Small Business on the Internet
One of the most revealing outcomes of the GDPR over the last few weeks is the number of “small companies” that I support via SW purchases, subscriptions, website usage, etc. that have suddenly revealed themselves to be part of a larger conglomerate. I am sure this doesn’t come as a surprise to many of you, […]
MoogFest Day 3 – conversations and music
In college I got a degree in journalism, and even before college I was a big 1st amendment supporter. The reason it is the first amendment was to make sure that we have a set of checks and balances that keep our government in check. Today Chelsea Manning gave a keynote event at Moogfest. Unlike […]
MoogFest 2018 Starts Today
I am excited to be at MoogFest 2018 for the third year. This year the the artist line up includes both returning acts from last year, and new acts that I am not familiar with. Additionally the CERN team from last year is back and there’s a session on Saturday to allow a group of […]
Glad to re-launch Site
Well yesterday I re-launched my site. Decided it was much more effective than my approach of using my NAS as a WordPress host. So Welcome back michaelrowe01.com!!
Is Agile all that it’s cracked up to be?
I believe that one of the biggest fallacies in the corporate world today is that Agile is the way to go for all problems. The mantra goes something like this: There are examples of great startups that got to be huge because they were agile They started down one path, and kept pivoting until they […]
Apple’s Education Event
Teacher’s have one of the hardest jobs in America… I should know, I was hell on my teachers growing up. Just ask some of my favorite teachers – Ms. Johnson, Ms. Stansescu, and Mrs. Schwartz. But today, Apple is trying to make their job easier, with technology. While I am a fan of what Apple […]
Wasted Time version 7.2
After a brief testing period, I have submitted a new version of Wasted Time today to the Apple App Store. This version completely removes Facebook Integration. I have done so, after looking at the data that Facebook provided in the brief period that version 7.1.1 was in the store. I have decided not to feed […]
Understanding Mental Models
I had a great discussion with my co-host on GamesAtWork.Biz Michael Martine the other day over lunch, on why I am going to turn off Facebook. While I have been pretty vocal over the years with friends and acquaintances on why I won’t use Android (you are the product), I have always rationalized using Facebook […]
Squashed crashes
Wooohoooo.. some times when struggling with a programming bug, you just need to step away for a while. Then, when you come back, re-read the error messages from the crash – hopefully a light will come on in the brain. This morning, while editing this week’s episode of the GamesAtWork.Biz podcast, did a little work on […]