Battling November Gloom
Things Considered and Rejected Amid Seasonal Restlessness
Topic
Industry Jargon
A collection of 10 issues
Decoupling Technologies from Market Bubbles
AI will outlive a bursting bubble
At Struggling and Thriving Companies Alike, Employees are Getting the Chop
It Wasn’t Always So
Some of Us Might be Done with AI, but AI Isn’t Done with Us
Despite the Hype, We Might Want to Prepare for Adjustments
Annihilation or Utopia? AI Likely to Land Somewhere Between the Two Extremes
A couple recent articles got my attention, and I thought I’d offer thoughts with which you might enthusiastically agree or vehemently disagree. Either reaction is acceptable. The only unacceptable reaction would be apathy and indifference. We’re here to think critically, not to sleepwalk.
The topic of AI is
A Case For a Bursting AI Bubble
Let’s be honest. We all have our enthusiasms, and some of them, by their very nature, are partly or wholly irrational.
Nobody can be objectively rational and logically detached all the time. Some of us can’t manage it only some of the time. Humans aren’t wired that
When We Cannot Know: Considering the Suspenseful Case of Super Micro
Today we will look back and look forward. We'll recall a dark tale of a notorious mining company – no longer among the corporate living – and we'll compare and contrast what happened back then with what is happening and might happen at server vendor Super Micro. Fortunately,
Many Jobs are Boring, and That’s Okay
First of all, I hope the Americans among my modest readership have recuperated from the turkey-induced torpor of yesterday’s orgiastic feasts. In my part of the world, Thanksgiving was not celebrated, but even if it was, I would have forgone the turkey. I mean no offense to those who
Getting It Right on Intel
I’ve heard there was an election in the United States.
You will find an abundance of commentary on the election results elsewhere, but don’t look for any of that prattle here. Almost everybody who provides a post-mortem on election results will attempt an analysis through a prism of
Join the Crusade Against Jargon
Why is the corporate world, the technology industry most definitely included, in a permanent war against candor and intelligible communication?
The impenetrable jargon that proliferates within the tech industry has gotten so bad that a digital decoder ring should accompany each press release.
What is the industry’s problem? Why