After 20 years in technology I’ve taken away one thing when it comes to religious…
American Tech Workers Need to Choose Between Helping Our Military vs. Enabling China’s Dystopia
I’ve been watching a slow-motion trainwreck within the young tech community.…
So You Want to Start a Blog…
I am often asked the best way to start a blog. My answer hasn’t varied much…
Job Losses from Automation Are Being Actively Engineered and Funded
Many people seem to believe that there’s some sort of gentle pressure towards…
How to Become a Slack Ninja
You ever been talking to someone on Slack and they send you something formatted…
Rethinking How I Use Twitter Lists
Twitter just released a new feature in their mobile app that lets you swipe back…
The Philosophy Behind My New Product Discovery Idea
I am currently experimenting with an idea for the show that I’m calling…
My Favorite Superhuman Shortcuts
As I talked about in an earlier post, I just started checking out Superhuman.…
First Impressions of the Superhuman Email Service
Like many others, I’ve been observing the hype around Superhuman for a while…
The Fundamental Differences Between Vim and Other Editors
I’ve been deep-diving on Vim lately, as I tend to every couple of years.…
Vim Config Update: 2019 Edition
I like to update my Vim configuration every 2-5 years just to make sure I am working…
Machine Learning Doesn’t Introduce Unfairness—It Reveals It
Many people have a concern about the use of machine learning in the credit rating…
The Difference Between Kilobytes and Kibibytes
I’ve been in the industry for over 20 years, and I’m just now learning…
Google’s March 2019 Core Update Resuscitated my Site
In October of 2018 my site was hit by a meteor called Google. My traffic dropped…
Machine Learning Will Capture the ‘Je Ne Sais Quoi’ of Human Existence
Human genius has always been something of a mystery. Experts often cannot articulate…
The Rise of the Corporate Technology Ecosystem (CTE)
I love thinking about how technological advancement will intersect with our desires…
AI-powered Visual Sensors Will be Wielded By Digital Assistants to Build us Custom UIs
Benedict Evans is one of my favorite tech analysts. His content is usually great,…
Machine Learning’s Effect On Humanity Will Be Magnifying Our Successes and Failures
AI—and specifically machine learning—are going to empower humans the…
DNS Servers That Offer Privacy and Filtering
If you’re a programmer, a systems administrator, or really any type of IT…
How to Monitor a Website’s Uptime for $0.75/month on Amazon
If you’re like me, you care if your website goes down. There have been services…
How to Ctrl-Alt-Delete in VMware
Few things are more annoying than being stuck inside a bad UI, and withinin virtualization…
The Effect of Google’s Late 2018 SEO Algorithm Changes on Multi-Discipline Sites
Starting around October 1st I saw something catastrophic happen to my incoming…
The Difference Between Decompilers, Disassemblers, Debuggers, and Hex Editors
For people looking to get into reverse engineering, the barrier to entry can be…
Medium Just Became an Even Worse Option for Blogging
Medium has quietly been making a series of changes that are all bad news for writers…
The Future of Config-file-based IT Infrastructure
To me the main feature is that they’re the beginning of config-file-based infrastructure.…