A quick poem I created during a walk today: Too much Information Connecting unknowable Knowledge Transparency Over sharing Cooking Knives Titter Instagram Communities Kindergarten Tale-tale Opportunities Consumerism Kremlinology Bad Offering Orthogonal Madness
While the title may seem like click bate, I really believe this is true. I’ve been thinking about how many people have gotten rid of their libraries (Music, Videos, Games, etc,) for the convenience of streaming content. All you have to do is start the latest app and you now have access to most of […]
We are 30 years into the business cycle of Shareholder value. And over those thirty years we’ve seen a major shift in how businesses behave. The idea of Shareholder value was popularized by Jack Welsh. The basic idea can be netted out to the idea that if you take care of the Shareholder, by increasing […]
I have a problem, I like to own my media. Yes, I know in this age of streaming music, streaming video, and streaming games, why would anyone want to own their media. First off, if you watch the changing landscape of services like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Apple, etc. The various media services are constantly adding […]
I’ve always had issues with DRM, as I like to own my content. Years ago, I went thru and converted a bunch of my old music collection (Casette Tapes and LPs) to MP3s so I could put them in my digital music library. There were many albums that, over the years, I have replaced by […]
One of the really cool things about language is you can create new words, that have meaning. Today I was on a call about the Internet of Things, and we were discussing connectivity. That layer of the stack that allows you to send data from a device to the cloud or a data store. As […]
I had the idea to do my yearly write up of all the things I saw watching the WWDC keynote.. instead this year, I thought it would be cool to just post my raw notes.. see how I am thinking while watching the keynote.. Let me know what you think: ============== WWDC 2017 – Keynote […]
It’s been a week since MoogFest, and I’ve started to reflect on the experience. I’ve not seen any published numbers, but it certainly seemed much smaller than 2016’s MoogFest. A report in the local paper said that 2016 was over 10,000 people with 65% or more being from out of town. This year, in the […]
Overall had a good time at moogfest this year. While I was not that familiar with the musical acts, I ended up really enjoying a few new acts. The part I really enjoyed the science discussions with the researchers associated with CERN.
Amazing music today, fun with Star Wars and Science!!! The Large Hadron Collider .. great day
