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  • The Next Big Dud

    The Cloud was probably the last “next big thing” from the world of software and computer technology. Before that it was the Social Network and the iPhone before that. I will also throw in eCommerce, streaming, Big Data and SaaS in there. And all of this came after the mother of all big things: the…

  • Was it a Boeing?

    When my wife told me about a plane flipping upside down my reaction was immediate: “was it a Boeing?” To be clear, I don’t think Boeing is responsible for this latest airplane incident, at least… I don’t know that it was. But such is the reputation that Boeing has earned for itself. The reputation bears…

  • Trailing Sky High

    Not sure why I wanted to click these pictures. But the sight of the plane making its approach right above my head, with the wispy clouds in the backdrop with that clear, deep blue of all skies … was too hard to ignore, and too hard to not capture on my phone.

  • Morning Shadows

    I always have loved me a solid start to the day before the Sun has had a chance to cast shorter shadows.

  • Morning Chemtrails

    Love the early morning scenes before the grind of work starts. I kind of liked the positioning of these two trails, crossed and meeting just below the bright rising sun.

  • I distrust the NYTimes

    I was browsing an ebook store just now when I saw a book cover brandished with the “New York Times Bestseller” badge. I immediately developed a dislike for the book and wanted to move on to the next book as quickly as I could. I have been thinking about those two visceral seconds and how…

  • ChatGPT was released on Nov 2022

    Saw this post on threads with this plot… At first it looks fine and all, but upon closer inspection, it seems to suggest that ChatGPT was released on/around Jan 2022. ChatGPT was however released on Nov 30, 2022. I am not sure where this plot comes from. The closest I could find was this analysis:…

  • Substack will host a few less Nazis?

    Substack now has a Nazi stench about it – and Substack seems to be fueling it. Every time it opens its mouth, it seems to talk about Substack’s Nazi problem. Today, the Platformer claimed, “Substack says it will remove Nazi publications from the platform”. I have read this reporting by Platformer at least a dozen…

  • Tech Regulations Update: California

    It is refreshing to see an example of tech regulation that goes beyond private players and is applied on a government.

  • Across the Fediverse: Testing Tags

    As I was writing my previous post on how tags with spaces (and dashes and underscores) were federating, I wanted to test this more systematically. So, this is that post. It is merely a test balloon to assess current behavior. I will be editing this post with the “Results” in the section below. But let…