AI
Lessons From My Accounting System's Sudden Crash
A case study in how not to run a software company and the current limitations of AI.
Tag: Rants
AI
What Every Software Vendor Should Learn From This Glorious Ghost Alert
Recent notifications from Google Gemini and Notion prove that they are generally a hot mess. There's hope, though: it's a fixable problem.
Communication
Department Names Don't Matter. Just Help Me.
More Apple issues are grinding my gears.
AI
On AI, Priorities, and Product Development
Thoughts on ignoring a popular product's glaring weakness to pursue sexy new features.
AI
AI and Indolence
A short post on spammers and laziness.
Collaboration
In Defense of Slack
Cal Newport is a smart dude whose new book is based upon two fundamental misconceptions.
Dataviz
Obliviousness in Higher Education
Some schools' actions are downright absurd.
Social Media
The Foolishness of Relying on Social-Media Numbers
A little yarn about just looking at specious statistics.
Big Data
On Visualizing Data and Laziness
There's just no excuse today for making customers hunt and peck to find relevant information.
Communication
Advice to Startups: Stop Using the Word 'Platform.' Please.
Why simplicity and questions are far better stratagems.
Communication
Communication Failures at the Collision Conference
It's obvious that most technology professionals have a long ways to go.
Communication
Arrogance vs. Ignorance
Thoughts on which is worse.
Big Data
Using Basic Data to Foil Tax Scammers
Thoughts on how little the IRS knows about Data 101.
Social Media
Fleas, Dogs, and Why I'm Sticking With LinkedIn
Thoughts on Freemium and onerous terms of service.
Faves
Maybe I Am a Social Media Expert
Reevaluating a term that I truly despise.
Faves
The World of No
Are all "no's" created equal?
Communication
The Case for Indifference
Why having big ears isn't always a good thing.
Faves
Why Microsoft Access 2007 Sucks
I despise the new version of the database application. Here's why.