A few resources for continuous improvement — A recent book recommendation lead me to rediscover a Japanese task management process called ‘Kanban’. IT devops: helping your business win The Phoenix Project is a business book about managing IT business development and operations masquerading as a fiction novel. It’s been described as an update of The Goal, written during the late 80’s as a…

The Devil’s in the details: fees, murky exchange rates and other issues mar what should be a promising crypto to fiat instrument This sponsored tweet has been coming up in my feed a lot: I’ve been very interested in crypto-backed credit cards for some time now, (remember TenX, anyone?) and thought I would take a deeper look at this. And since my wife and I are no longer that interested in…

The technocratic response to the global pandemic, and how you can help The West Coast was one of the first areas hit by COVID-19, and the response from the tech world, accustomed to exponential growth and network effects, quickly understood the ramifications of the disease. And while the CDC, decimated by Trump’s cuts and sycophantic staffing decisions, was unable and unwilling to…

Prepared remarks to the Hampton NAACP, delivered June 3, 2019 — Ladies and gentlemen, President Kanoyton, members of the executive committee, elected officials, friends and honored guests: I would like to first commend Dr. Jeffery Smith and the entire Hampton city school board for their work with the Academies of Hampton. As I have stated previously I believe they show great…

Prepared Remarks to the congregation at Joynes Road Church of God, May 26, 2019 Rev. Green, members of the congregation: thank you for letting me speak before you this fine day. …

How to support labor in 2020 and beyond — A 2018 Oxfam index of the best and worst states to work in America put Virginia at the bottom of all 50 states AND the District of Columbia. Virginia’s so-called Right to Work (RTW) law, along with a $7.25 …

I’ve spent some time this weekend reading about Martin Luther King Jr., both his work as well as some of what’s been written about him since his assassination 51 years ago. I’ve been thinking about his legacy, and what lessons we can learn from his life. The MLK that we…

In 2017, I ran for Virginia’s 91st district House of Delegates seat as a first-time candidate. The incumbent Republican, a former mayor with over 20 years electoral experience, hadn’t been challenged since he had won the Republican primary for the open seat in 2011, and I was not about to…

One of our goals at SEVAITS Blockchain is to spotlight local and regional projects in the crypto-world, and so I want to bring your attention to the folks over at Charlottesville-based Ambia Fund, namely Tyler Marx and Tanner Roughton, two young gents who have been working hard on a project…