The Internet everyday people know through Google and Bing is less than 20% of the total number of sites that exist on the Internet. What is the Dark Web, anyway?
Category: inquiry
When Judaism Meets Science
It isn’t often enough that a work like this, one of astonishing curiosity, intention, intelligent humour, and thoughtful artistry finds its way into my hands. Occasionally, such whimsical discoveries are connected to me in more ways than one.
Experience is the move.
The move to a new understanding, an action, a motion that moves us closer to a broader perspective.
Data Flow Diagrams Can Improve Your Business.
Data flow diagrams are visual illustrations of processes that can help elevate your business in short order.
I skipped college. I learned from Linux instead.
When I chose not to go to college, there were a lot of the kinds of reactions one might expect.
What To Maybe Not Ask Santa For This Year.
As ever, there are some things kids might ask for this year that might not be the best choice.
Media Literacy is the solution to many problems.
How can we teach kids media literacy so they grow up to be discerning?
Who Needs Empathy?
Doors that people occasionally open to help us understand them don’t ever stay open. They require the same level of nurturing + gentle-reign-holding each + every time we endeavor to make safe passage near + through them. In order to guide our human collective to better design decisions every day, many opportunities to deliver the best solutions are still missed for reasons out of our control, because of budgets, politics, bias, etc.
Powered by Touch
Last night, in a dream of all things, I was reminded of a very real encounter that changed my perception for so much the better.
The Future of Technology Operations
Since I last wrote about it, Technology Operations (TechOps for short) has evolved. Here’s how.
The Underrated Power of Lists
Like making lists? Me, too. Even though my lists may not look like lists in the traditional sense, they still serve a pretty cool purpose.
TAG, you’re it.
Yesterday was kind of a big deal, celebrated quietly inside my own heart. It was the 10th anniversary of the day I completed a labor of love that changed my life for so much the better.
Restoring Curiosity – The Hacker Manifesto
Remember being little and curious? It’s not too late to get it back.
What We Should Understand about IoT, IIoT, and Reality
WARNING –> This is a long read, which is why the important stuff is at the top.
Specialization is for insects.
In his novel, Time Enough for Love, Robert A. Heinlein wrote the ultimate creedo for the human race.
Teaching Fish To Swim
If you’re trying to teach fish how to swim, it helps if you put them in the water.
Peter Gabriel is right about jargon.
Generally speaking, don’t use jargon. Just, don’t.
Experience
Experience is the move.
More Gratitude for Postman and McLuhan
Neil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author, media theorist and cultural critic, who was associated with NYU for forty years. He wrote countless articles, papers and seventeen books. Though my personal favorite is Teaching as a Subversive Activity, Neil is best known for his 1985 book about television, Amusing…
DIY vs. DIT – Part II: Decentralization and Dismantling Silos
The first part of this post built an analogy, that centralization is like DIY (Do-it-Yourself) and decentralization is like DIT (Do-it-Together).
If we can agree on that analogy, simply for the sake of conversation, then we can take it a step further by looking through that lens into some specific contexts where this approach can add value to our efforts by breaking down our silos.