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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
There Are Niche Businesses for Everything–Even Martian Soil!
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Van Halen's "Executive Dashboard"
Friday, November 3, 2023
Tech Done Wrong: Singapore Financial Regulator Gives Bank 6-Month Ban from "Nonessential" IT Changes
They took this severe action because the bank, which has focused heavily on digital banking, has recently had a spate of outages, with online payment services and ATMs being offline for long stretches. It seems like leadership focused on the "sexy" areas of AI, cloud computing, and blockchain technology, but they neglected basic customer service and experience. All companies, especially ones in regulated industries, need to understand that their first priority is making sure their technology works.
My tech leadership consultant colleagues Sten Vesterli and Aviv Ben-Yosef, and I have written many articles, and advised many clients that digital innovation is much more than focusing on shiny objects. There needs to be a focus on the "boring", but very important, areas of business need, value, and reliability.
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Passive Aggressive Tech Leadership
Have you heard of a more passive-aggressive technique? Naturally, staff are demoralized, expecting layoffs and reduced bonuses.
This is a terrible way to reduce pay and headcount. They've undermined any credibility with their review process and destroyed employee trust and motivation. This will cost them much more than any discomfort from doing a traditional, transparent layoff.
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Sunday, October 29, 2023
AI and the "Last Beatles Song"
Just saw an interesting article in the Weekend WSJ. The Beatles are releasing a "new" song.
Lennon had recorded it at home, as a demo, before he died. Then the other Beatles had recorded tracks to finish it, but they couldn't release it because Lennon's track was badly recorded, with background noise.
Now, they were able to use AI to clean it up. The article says "Along with tambourine, electric harpsichord and other instruments listed in the credits for the song, 'machine learning' and 'source separation' are also cited."
Saturday, October 28, 2023
When 1+1 = 3
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Thursday, October 19, 2023
Dad Jokes!
I got fired from my job at the keyboard factory. They said I wasn't putting in enough shifts.
I accidentally drank a bottle of invisible ink last night. I’m in the hospital now, waiting to be seen.
I should’ve known inventing a boomerang with teeth would come back to bite me.
The difference between a hippo and a Zippo is that one is really heavy and the other is a little lighter.
What has fur and flies? A dead werewolf.
What's tiny and sounds like a pigeon? A smidgen.
My Doo-Wop group broke up, so now we’re a Don’t-Wop group.
What do you call a reluctant potato? A hesitator.
If a bear wears shoes and socks he still has bear feet.
Getting my drone stuck in the tree isn’t the worst thing that happened to me today. But it’s definitely up there.