After decades of hype over artificial intelligence, machines still aren’t very smart. Despite claims to the contrary, nobody can predict when that will change, least of all IBM CEO Ginni Rometty — or Big Blue’s supercomputer Watson. Rometty said in a recent CNBC interview that IBM’s AI can predict which employees[…] Read On
The only way to impact the world around you and change the outcome of your life is by the choices you make. Everything else is out of your control. So what happens when there are too many choices? What then? I hear this from young people all the time. The[…] Read On
Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Big Tech. She says that Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet/Google and Apple are too dominant and that breaking them up will spur competition. U.S. antitrust law doesn’t support her thesis but when has that ever stopped a political power grab? There are no federal laws that[…] Read On
I have too much stuff. I put things down and instantly forget where I put them. To make matters worse, I live and work in a big house with lots of outdoor areas where I work and hang out. I’m constantly searching for my iPhone, iPad, MacBook, books, tea, water,[…] Read On
Everyone says multitasking is bad. As usual, everyone is wrong. I’ll explain. You know the old line about walking and chewing gum at the same time? I can’t. Seriously. I always end up biting my lip or my tongue. Actually chewing anything while simultaneously doing something else is dangerous for[…] Read On
The Covington Catholic boys episode was an ugly, monumental fail for everyone involved — an embarrassing number of people, actually. The coastal elites and the media mob rushed to judgement, had to walk it all back and never connected the dots on what really happened. But let’s not get ahead[…] Read On
This is a really hard post to sit down and write but things have reached a boiling point around here and it’s really been bugging me, so here we are. I used to be gushingly proud of my career in the tech industry. Not so much anymore. I’m sort of[…] Read On