In the past couple of decades of working with technology, one of the main and first items I learned, is to fully understand how data flows. How is the data flowing from one system to another? Where is it originating from? Which one is the system of record for which part of the data? What, […]
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Four Ages of Sand by Douglas Adams (1998) Today, May 25th, is celebrated every year as Towel Day as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. So I am going to share highlights of one of many speeches. This is taken from his 30-minute speech called The Age of Sand. which still relevant to this day.
I tried to keep this article is around 500 words and I just couldn’t. For those looking for bullet-points and bolded words and think TL;DR, I have included them for your preferred convenience so thanks for the drive-by. Those of you still reading and read until the end of this article, thank you, and hope you find this
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[Acoustic Sensor] – Communications In the previous 3 parts of this series, we covered brakes in cars (boundaries), GPS (technology for the sake of technology), and harmonic balancer (absorb tension and influence vibrations). Today, in part 4 of this series, I am going to use acoustic sensors in cars as an analogy and metaphor for
[Harmonic Balancer] In the previous post (part 2 of this 4 part series), I used the example of a GPS in a NASCAR race car as an example of putting technology for technology’s sake and not getting the benefit from it. Today, in part 3, I am going to talk about a part of a
[Technology for the sake of technology] I have been thinking about how technology has been infused so much in our lives that we hardly notice some of them and have become so reliant on them that when they stop working we panic and forget that we and generations before us have made it through those
Car – Part 1: [Brakes and boundaries] Here’s a post that I have been thinking about for a while and recently figured out how to convey it, so please sit back and get comfortable and enjoy this proverbial chilled glass of mind ripple. You can sip it or chug it down. Either way, I hope you
