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AI, Nyquist, or a notebook are all nothing more than tools to me

During my career, I’ve developed and implemented software using all kinds of languages. Really, though, I’m technology agnostic. That is, I don’t care if I’m using AI, Nyquist, or a notebook. It all comes down to solving problems. In my… Continue Reading →

Technology on its own can’t solve your problem

The hard truth of the information technology world is that it doesn’t exist for its own sake. In the years and years I’ve built technology platforms, it’s always been about solving a specific problem. If there isn’t one, expanding a… Continue Reading →

When in doubt, blame technology

Blaming technology really is the best path to absolution. In over twenty-five years of developing and implementing software, you could say I’ve learned a thing or two thousand. Among the most salient of my lessons about which I want to… Continue Reading →

Weak IT leaders will pay for my son’s graduate degree

I have so many professional pet-peeves that I don’t even remember them half the time.  However, one big pet-peeve of mine is when Information Technology “leaders” simply accept the limits of their full-time employees (FTEs).  These leaders may not overtly… Continue Reading →

Are we at the mercy of those who spew techno-babble?

I suppose I hadn’t thought about it too much, but when a colleague and I were having lunch, it became crystal clear: There are fewer and fewer good analysts around.  I gave it more thought and realized that, really, there… Continue Reading →

Is agnosticism real?

There’s times when words will enter my mind and then buzz around and sting my thoughts throughout the day. What’s strange to me is that when those certain words come around, they do so through distinct and unconnected channels. A… Continue Reading →

Learn to control technology and the world is yours

I have learned that having a marketable skill is the key ingredient in gaining and expressing power.  An artist can express, but what good is all the beautiful expression if, at the end of the day, there’s nothing to eat… Continue Reading →

Learn to control technology and the world is yours

I have learned that having a marketable skill is the key ingredient in gaining and expressing power.  An artist can express, but what good is all the beautiful expression if, at the end of the day, there’s nothing to eat… Continue Reading →

The City of Santa Fe can't be that stupid, can it?

Almost nothing in this life irritates me more than when information technology (IT) personnel misuse their power. See, IT has its own language that scares non-IT people. I’ve always likened it to the old world when priests were necessary mediators… Continue Reading →

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