Technology
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Late Nineties. Boy Bands. Girl Bands. It was “The Long Boom” and everyone thought it was up and to the right. It was the best of times, until it wasn’t. https://www.thestreet.com/dictionary/dot-com-bubble-and-burst Pets.com was the harbinger of doom. Looking back on the dot com bust, we now enjoy a full suite of e-commerce companies such as
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As a Gen X, I was not a huge fan of The Beatles growing up. They came onto the music scene in the early 1960’s. By 1970, the band had broken up and went their separate ways. However last weekend I was going through some old 33 rpm LP albums, and found this gem. The
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This week Elon Musk announced the Tesla “Cybercab”. At the same time he announced “We, robot everything” Which leads us to ask the obvious question “Would you trust an autonomous system?”. Even if it was built by Elon Musk’s Tesla? System engineering safety into a product is a difficult task. Notice I said “into”. You
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Hello once again. Some additional research pointing me to the year 2036 (only 17 years away!) has lead me through studies of the 2020 decade on our way to 2030s. The Baby Boomers continue to retire, many are well set with their perceived futures, already travelling, voluteering or reentering the workforce in a different line
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2019: Time to Move2019: Time to Move
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I spend much of my time on evenings and weekends reading. The current book I am reading is “The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires” by Tim Wu. This book is five years old, and Wu coined the term “Net Neutrality” A review of his book can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/books/review/Leonhardt-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 and
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I’m not a conspiracy theorist. Gen X’ers are skeptics. Most the time it’s coincidental. Things are not the result of the Illuminati, Skull & Bones and many other famed secret societies. Our modern societies are struggling to stay relevant nonetheless many believe conspiracies exist to either game the system or eventually assume control by subversive
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I admit it, I like to win. Actually it’s more like I don’t like to lose. Losing is not fun. Winning is fun. Going undefeated is REALLY fun. I think this is part of being a Generation X’er – we are accustomed to winning. My siblings would agree, that I am wanting to win. Every
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QUITE A YEAR – 1984. Like me, this was a real coming of age. Late teens, only worry was what are we doing Friday night and what’s my GPA going to look like this semester. 1984 is also a book authored by George Orwell. The book has taken on new meaning, now that we know
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