AI to Disrupt Education
AI: The possibilities are limitless. One of the best examples of how we need to rethink things is provided by Kahn Academy and the work… Read More »AI to Disrupt Education
AI: The possibilities are limitless. One of the best examples of how we need to rethink things is provided by Kahn Academy and the work… Read More »AI to Disrupt Education
Part of the Work Beyond Tomorrow Article Series Last night I watched a session in which I think these guys from @HumaneTech_ make some very… Read More »AI Risks Points of View
The conversation about Artificial Intelligence (AI), ChatGPT, AI-Bots and such is absolutely everywhere. I was at a social meeting the other day, and the topic… Read More »AI Related Videos This Week
This article is part of the Digital Art Series This is the transcript of a conversation I had (yes conversation) with Chat GPT about digital art.… Read More »Chat GPT – Digital Art conversation
Really interesting series of reports on CNBC regarding the state of chip manufacturing and who is in the lead of it all. It is three… Read More »Chip Market 2022- Explanation
It has been 2 months now since Russia invaded the Ukraine and the atrocities, pictures are just beyond words. Every day I troll the news… Read More »Weeping for the Ukraine People
I wrote a bit about this already in my previous posts What are NFTs and My First NFTs Up until now, physical goods (paintings, sculptures,… Read More »A Second Renaissance Ahead
I have been doodling on and off since I was a little kid. I distinctly remember a memory with my father where I drew lines,… Read More »Doodling to Relax and Recharge
A great brand new (November 2019) report from Frontline on how Artificial Intelligence is changing our lives – (no longer the future, it is affecting… Read More »The Age of AI
Had an experience last week that I have to share… Last Friday morning I was getting a coffee in the lobby of the Marriott in… Read More »Glimpse at the New Generation
Probably too early to post as we still have 15 days to go, but what a summer this one has been! As far as I… Read More »2017 Summer of Crazy
This is just a reminder that you always need to be on the alert – One never knows who you are talking to or where… Read More »Craiglist Experience – Always Be Alert!
Just came across this article in Information Week by Cynthia Harvey: 10 IT Jobs That Will Be Done by AI. I have never liked articles set… Read More »IT Jobs Likely To Be Replaced By Artificial Intelligence
Walter Mossberg , THE GO-TO technology columnist for many years, is retiring. He announced his retirement in early June 2017 and Charlie Rose interviewed… Read More »Walter Mossberg Retires on Charlie Rose
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us and the implications on society, economy and culture are tremendous… For some of us in the… Read More »Fourth Industrial Revolution – Davos 2017
After years of travel, these are the 10 basic rules of travel I’ve developed. I will be telling you the same, if you go to… Read More »My Top 10 Basic Rules for Non-Business Travel
Good stuff!- TED talk from 2013 – still very current today. Published on Jun 20, 2013 Economist Andrew McAfee suggests that, yes, probably, droids will… Read More »What will future jobs look like? TED Talk 2013
This past week I ran across an article in the news that made my mind melt (I thought it was a April fool’s joke – but… Read More »US Treasury Secretary Unreal
Although I’ve been thinking for a while, I finally replaced my standard home office desk with *nothing*. Yes, no more conventional desk! I must admit… Read More »No more desk. Workspace of the Future
Hard to believe that so many people in the world simply sleep through sunrise or miss sunsets completely missing them. One of my favorite… Read More »Sunrises and Sunsets
I love to go to different street markets – You see so much in such a compact place it is fun. It is a great… Read More »Organic Fractals
It was a busy 2016 for me. Like every year, lots of travel (airplanes, hotels, cars, and conference rooms) . It is always good to… Read More »Travels 2016 – A look back
I saw this article in the WSJ today, and I am so happy to see confirmation that National Geographic Channel is returning to educational and… Read More »National Geographic Channel – Back to GOOD Programming
[ Update 20161004: I encourage you to watch Brad Anderson’s keynote session at Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Simply IMPRESSIVE! ] As I have written before, technology… Read More »The Value Proposition of a Platform: Microsoft Win10/Office365/EM+S
This is not mine, but It was a good reminder that experience is worth it and to charge for the value of your services. … Read More »Experience is worth it!
It has been a tough couple of travel days, and decided that the night was better spent catch up on work. For dinner I chose… Read More »How often do you get home?
It has been with me for as long as I can remember using the Internet, but it really has been with us for only 14… Read More »Google Is Closing Picasa – Google Photos Is Way Better
As we open the day on this last day of 2015, I came across a pretty cool article that made me think… I am just quoting… Read More »10 questions to help you evaluate your 2015
Tonight, I decided to “Reset Windows 10” I have been using Windows 10 for a long time now… I am part of the Windows 10… Read More »Resetting Windows 10
I love technology and how it helps us all. It is my work and hobby. I am an IT consultant and since I… Read More »IT as a Business Blog
I have seen many videos of virtual reality technology and sat is a couple of demos, but I must say it was early on technology… Read More »Virtual Reality: Not only for gamers
Definitely a current topic! Finally emerging from the shadows of Gen Xers, most millennials are now in the workforce. But study after study has shown… Read More »How to Engage Millennials
According to a report by MarketsandMarkets, the Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS) market, comprised of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Applications, Desktop as a Service, Hosted Applications, is expected… Read More »WaaS – Workspace-As-A-Service Market
It is good to see that after listening to the feedback coming back from their enterprise customers, Microsoft is reconsidering the publishing of what is included in each… Read More »Windows 10 Patch Information is Back
We’ve all been through it before. We’re in a meeting, or having a discussion with a client, when suddenly we feel like reality has been… Read More »Truth is a Battle of Perceptions
After LA and San Diego, San Jose is the third largest city in California topping 1M residents, and it is the fastest growing? 20 things… Read More »Do you really know about San Jose?
Disclaimer: I am a technology consultant, and Microsoft products and technologies are my bread and butter. As I have noted in the past, I have been very… Read More »Microsoft: Enterprise Mobility Suite – Thoughts so far
Stupidipity.com very Funny Stories and Site People tend to do stupid stuff just to get some attention or gain some popularity…cheap popularity to be exact. … Read More »Stupidipity.com
Apple said it would be replacing iPhone 6 Plus cameras that take blurry photos due to faulty hardware. The phones include those that were sold primarily… Read More »iPhone 6Plus Blurry Photos.
It is the middle of 2015 and by now I always thought I would have my photo library on the cloud. I have tried most,… Read More »Photo Library On the Cloud
We’ve all heard it a million times before, “you are your own worst critic”. We are so worried about what others are going to say… Read More »The Board of Advisors In Your Mind
For the most part I love Windows 10… However, I have noticed that it not always behaves “as expected”… One notable example that annoys the… Read More »Windows 10 Hickups 1
The platypus also known as the duck-billed platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia. 2015-08-17T23:51:52-05:00
You need to do all you can to give your business the edge within the marketplace. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software allows you to keep,… Read More »Five Reasons to use CRM in your Business
So you are late for a flight, yes you cut it too close, but you think you are ok because you are in the TSA… Read More »Some people on the TSA lines..
Interesting article on how Microsoft's $15 billion cloud bet ended up at the center of the company http:/ /bit.ly/1Nq7bIZ
Funny story about the outdoors. My wife and I were walking on a popular trail around our town. I was behind her to let… Read More »Trail Walking Hazards
Funny thing… I asked Cortana: Do you like Google? Cortana responded: I like to imagine the “I am feeling lucky” button in Clint Eastwood voice.… Read More »Cortana Response: 20150809 205834
I have many hundreds of PDF files and sometimes they do not have the a name that corresponds to the content. Renaming these files, has proven difficult… Read More »View and Rename Multiple PDF files
I have been using Windows 10 Technical Preview (and their various releases) as part of the Windows Insider for about 5 months now. It… Read More »Windows 10 Upgrade complete.
I am not surprised: Google+ officially splits into Photos and Streams. Hangouts separates as well. http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8131639/google-officially-splits-into-photos-and-streams 2015-03-03T10:25:49-06:00
Testing eKalendaro Application Today I am testing the integration of eKalendaro with my blog. This is my a test. http://ekalendaro.com 2015-01-27T02:21:28-06:00
Over the years, I have seen many different versions of this, but I liked this one which I just ran into… I am not… Read More »Difference Between a Boss and a Leader (Graphic)
I am helping a good friend navigate the concepts of Project Management, and instead of emails back and forth I decided to place her as… Read More »Project Management in 2014
My professional live has revolved, in great percentage, around Microsoft and Microsoft technologies. It has been a good life, but over the few years… Read More »Microsoft: A Platform Agnostic Company – Yeah!
About a year ago, I wrote a post “Bitcasa – I Am All In” recommending a file storage provider called Bitcasa. I loved the idea… Read More »Bitcasa – I am out…
I have noticed that the airlines I travel in, there has progressively been a bit less leg space, and the seats were switched to the… Read More »Airplane Seats: How Far Will Airlines Go?
I am posting this in the hopes that It can save someone time, as I am sure this will not be a one-off occurrence… If… Read More »Today: Fixing the Backyard Drainage Pipe Cap
There are many things that can be challenging when you travel, but when you travel as much as I do, there are a couple that… Read More »Traveling Circus: Annoying Things
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) is a technology that enables a computer to send and receive data across a network by establishing a connection through the… Read More »VPN Service is a Must Have Today
I have not encountered this in my travels yet but I have been told this is true sill on some far-east airlines..Part of the PanAm… Read More »Travel in Style: Old Times
I have been flying to San Francisco, CA for work for many years now, and it is one of those cities in which I always… Read More »Lyft: What a fantastic service
What a pain! – I manage 3 different WordPress blogs, 5 different twitter accounts, 3 Tumblr blogs and 3 Facebook pages. Each of those channels… Read More »Social Media Publishing is time consuming!
I have several older computers that serve different purposes around the house.. File Server, Media Server, etc… With Microsoft XP coming to an end in… Read More »Working with Elementary OS
I got a BIG laugh when I heard about this on the news last night regarding the issues the healthcare signup website is having. Reporter: … Read More »Friday Humor
I went to see the movie Gravity last night, and I must say: It was one (if not the best) movie I have seen… The… Read More »Movie: Gravity — WOW!
I just changed the Comcast modem which has been in service about 3 years in my house to what is suppose to be the latest… Read More »Internet Speeds… Xfinity
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a bit, but now that I have a new device (Samsung S4) that uses yet a different… Read More »USB Chargers Challenges…
UPDATE: Nov 1, 2014: Bitcasa changed their value proposition and is no longer something I can recommend. Many issues including bad migration management and very… Read More »Bitcasa I am all in!
What ever happened to printed encyclopedias? That is a question usually asked by older generations as many of the youth today have never really had… Read More »Remember Encyclopedias?
What ever happened to printed encyclopedias? That is a question usually asked by older generations as many of the youth today have never really had… Read More »What happened to printed encyclopedias?
Part of the Going Paperless Series Companies that are making the change to a paperless office want to shred the originals and only keep a… Read More »Going Paperless: Best Practices for Scanning then Shredding Paper Documents
Today is the day Google Reader ( RSS aggregation tool ) service will no longer be available after end of day today.. A lot has been written… Read More »Google Reader: No more.
The trend for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has been the cause of a range of issues for companies and employees alike. A recent survey… Read More »BYOD and the Future of MDM
I listened to Anthony Flint’ TEDxBeaconStreet session on: Housing the Coming Billions in Cities. Overall it was an very interesting presentation! One thing in it it was… Read More »Biggest Cities Today and on 2025
I just listened to Chris Jordan’s TED presentation: Turning powerful stats into art. The presentation is very good, but one particular item kind of stuck… Read More »Visualizing BIG numbers…
Got tired of tweaking and fighting with the now officially retired iNove theme, so a new theme is emerging on this site… My requirements for… Read More »Theme Change 2013
In the last week or so a number of news have come out regarding how the state of the U.S. economy is getting a bit… Read More »US Deficit Keeps Going Up
A couple of pieces of news that really made me go “hmmm” this week are: Microsoft will stop the Windows 8 reduce price offer and… Read More »Bits and pieces week ending 2013-01-26
I know one thing: I need to do more…
I set the stage in Part 1 of this post which is an effort to document my current state of mind regarding where I am about my goals in this adventure.. I realize now that:
Income comes from conversions from traffic you attract.
It is funny… Many of the podcasts and videocasts show only the successful approaches, but just a single handful (that I have been able to find) refer to the you how much time they actually spent to get to that point. Just like home remodel shows on TV!
There are many different skills that come together when approaching this business. Some thoughts on the each of the different areas follow…Read More »I Know One Thing – Part 2
I know one thing: I need to do more…
Yes it is a bit of a spin on the ancient Greek phrase know as the Socratic Socratic paradox,:
“I know that I know nothing”
or
“I know one thing: that I know nothing”
Early on I said that I wanted make an effort to record my experience as I move along in this adventure… This entry is not a particularly “good news” one, as I am currently struggling a bit… Good or bad here it goes…
After creating a couple of sites I thought would get SOME traffic… Surprisingly (maybe not after you read below) very little has come in…
I am not sure if it is only in my area, but have you noticed products come in the same size packages, but have more… Read More »Are things getting smaller?
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Like so many out there, I have been using the iNove v1.4.6 (by mg12) theme forever! It has been very stable, reliable and I’ve gotten… Read More »iNove Theme Change to Support Custom Menu
Part of Going Paperless Series which provides tips, tools, processes and resources to make the journey to a paperless office or home easier.
Even with all of our electronics, digital devices and such, paper waste is still tremendous…
A single one-terabyte external drive can save as many as 500 million sheets of paper. A 150-page employee manual — pretty massive in real life — takes up less than 7.5% of a four-gigabyte flash drive. An entire filing cabinet’s worth of documents would take up less than 60% of that same drive.
In a recent blog post by Jeremy Higgens he notes:
Read More »Going Paperless: Paper Waste Info ChartEven with all the digital options available today, people are still hooked on paper. It may alarm you to learn that in just one year, the average office worker may use up to 10,000 sheets of paper.
Been meaning to add a photo gallery to this site for a while, and I finally got around to doing it.[lg_image folder=”Markets/” image=”20100320121528.jpg” align=”right” display=”thumb”]… Read More »Photo Gallery Added..
One of the best presentations I have seen regarding digital content. Absolutely full of of fact and bit of info… 137 pages! It covers… Read More »The Future of Digital
Just last week, I received an email letting me know that the documentary was completed for kickstarter project: I am Fine Thanks . This is something I did not fund, but was looking to see how it would turn out. I downloaded the movie ($5.00 DRM free) and watched it on a plane ride..
Bottom line:Read More »I am Fine, Thanks…
Sometimes, we just have to tip our hat to other bloggers that have excellent articles they have published on tips and tricks for going paperless..… Read More »Going Paperless Flowchart
In one of my previous postings, I talked about the amazing growth of digital content fueled, as of late, by tablet devices. One industry that is being forced to change leaps and bounds is the publishing industry.
Just last week, it was leaked that two major player in this space, Random House and Penguin, were “negotiating a merger”, and I am sure this is just the beginning. According to the New York Times, it isRead More »The wave ahead: Digital Content on 200 Million tablets
Part of Going Paperless Series which provides tips, tools, processes and resources to make the journey to a paperless office or home easier.
“The dream of going paperless has been a pervasive part of our discourse for years but has yet to materialize.” I bet there are at least 50 articles, right now that you can search for in your browser that start that same way. I bet also that each of these articles offers some revolutionary approach, device or software to correct this egregious mistake. And, finally, I bet it works – almost.
So, why aren’t we yet paperless?
Read More »The Paperless ParadoxI really like the concept of Chrome OS – with so many places now where WiFi is enabled and mobile phones becoming wifi routers it is beginning to make sense…
I have been considering a Chrome OS based machine for a while, but frankly, I think the prices have been a bit too high… I just saw the announcement regarding the new Samsung Chromebook soon to be released for $249 dollars.
I quickly went to check the specs, and compare it to the old Samsung Series 5 550. (See below)
I just read (eh-hum) listen to the book Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick which was published back in 2010, but never got around to reading… What… Read More »Facebook Effect Book Read.
This week, Microsoft was the latest to enter the tablet device marketplace with its Surface device. Earlier this year, Google released the Google Nexus 7 to compete in the ever-growing tablet market place along with iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Kindle Fire, and so many others… (The 2012-2013 holiday season will be an interesting one!)
Read More »Digital Content Consumption-Tablet Devices in the Driver Seat
This was an experiment. I sent the logo file in .png format and this is was returned 3 days later… [youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/CbhQxERissE” rel=”0″ showinfo=”0″] … Read More »Logo – This is cool !
This is part of a series (online business journey)
With your comments plus other findings I come acress, I plan to continue to update list in the future…This is different than the resources page on the site, as it does not contain any affiliate links. This is for pure reference for everyone to see.
Side note: I plan to update this post with new information form time to time.
Below are the 4 podcasts that got me started. I ran into the first one by total change (search result I think) and the were on the trail that follow .. Read More »Online Income: Useful Pointers
I have just enabled plug in WP to Twitter so I can auto-issue tweets based on a particular category. Working smoothly. Nice work Joseph Dolson !
Every book, eBook, blog and podcast I have read, mentions the same thing:
You got to be able to account for your incoming and outgoing traffic.
When setting up blog you must be able to track your statistics (not only the people coming in, but also which links within the site are more effective than others. This topic is also very much linked to affiliate marketing as most of the links that are used for that purpose are cumbersome and long… What I need is a URL shrinking or URL Shortener / manager within my WordPress blog. Read More »Link Redirection and Count
This is part of a series (online business journey)
Now that I have listed a few of the items I have learned through the research, I need to write down my goals and objectives so I can
Long Term Goal:
Short Term Goals:
I wanted to be able to automatically send a tweet when a new blog post was published… After looking at several options, I settled on WP… Read More »Test of AutoTweet from WordPress