Commentary

Why the Furore Over Pricing Is Heavily Misplaced Like many viewers of WWDC ’23 I was both amazed and puzzled by the announcement of Apple’s heavily-rumoured AR headset, the Vision Pro. I am a staunch believer in spatial computing and strongly believe that it represents the future of where devices…

Do you ever get overwhelmed by the forecast? How do you prepare? Is it warming? Is it cooling? No matter which choice you make, the uncertainty can be maddening. Things are changing without time to adequately plan. And lately its hard to rely the seasons, prepare for the heat, the…

And Where I landed After a Circuitous route “So I sat back and said to myself “Jenny who do you want to run for President.” This is what I came up with Akeem; Jeffries as a democratic candidate and Tim Scott as a Republican candidate.” These “Two Bits” have become…

After yet another controversy, I think it’s time to consider that Hasan Piker (aka Hasanabi) still has some serious racial bias unpacking to do. Who Is Hasan Piker? I’d like to begin with a compliment sandwich of sorts. I am a former fan of Hasan’s. …

Political tools — even on the left — Jeffrey Denny A group of parents was outraged. They attacked the school board, organized protests, circulated petitions, planted yard signs, and morally slammed anyone who disagreed with them. They cried out for the children and enlisted them in the bitter political fight to protect them. No, they weren’t MAGA Florida…

I spend most of my days consuming content from two companies. Opaque algorithms developed by technology companies determine what we see for an increasing number of hours throughout the day. …

I finished reading Dune by Frank Herbert. The pacing of the back third of the book was a fascinating thing to experience. The way Herbert plays with time and particularly portrays Paul’s experience of time as a liminal space where the boundary between past, present, and future becomes increasingly blurry…

And why we need to realize that what we do is important — I have a very good friend who lost her son tragically when he was twenty-three. That was ten years ago now. She went looking for an anchor when her son died and found it in her church. She’s the kind of person who irons church linens. She volunteers to bring…

A special Memorial Day essay, written in 2020 by retired Marine Lt. Colonel Mike Broihier when he was a candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. — As a campaign grows in size and complexity, there is a point where you have to give up some control. You have to trust your staff and volunteers to communicate your message, sometimes in your voice, and that is a little scary. To keep it simple, I have given my…