• Avanceé 2025 Review

    Once again, we have concluded another year with this initiative. 2025 start golf really slow, picked up a little bit, and then transformed into something else entirely. What that means going forward is still in flux and evolution; but perhaps there’s something to this shift: “I don’t move things forward — I decide what forward is.” Using the same heading format as last year’s review, we will break down what’s happened in 2025 for Avanceé. Continue reading →

  • Avanceé Reads for 26 Dec 25 🔗

    Does the end of the calendar year cause excitement or anxiety? Do you continue as is, or reschedule advancement to a different timeline? Your call. Just make sure to show up for whatever you decide. Continue reading →

  • Avanceé Reads for 19 Dec 25 🔗

    Rocking thru the holiday notes and making sense of why folding tablets make for a subtle bit of “there’s something around the corner” regarding other techie bits. Also published A Capacity to Dig, Wrench, and Fill Continue reading →

  • A Capacity to Dig, Wrench, and Fill

    The end of the year is an interesting time of reflection and such. Where I might bend Avanceé to do similar - and share such a summary in the coming weeks - there’s often just a bit more lurking under the surface of these types of things: namely, what are you actually thinking about. For example, there was an excellent writeup of a company moving on from their content management system provider to something a bit more custom, brokered by using an LLM to figure out the gaps and code/craft the implementation points. Continue reading →

  • Avanceé Reads for 12 Dec 25 🔗

    Something of an impactful writing week. At least in the perspective of saying a few things which are as cold as the artic blast hitting the region. Also published: Credits, Credentials, and Certificates Repair Assistants as the Better Wearable Route Echoes of Magic Wand Continue reading →

  • Echos of Magic Wand

    Years ago, when looking for new markets to explore, a friend presented a problem with his dealings with e-commerce administration and the resulting logistical, inventory, and the advertising activities. This was at time I was trying to figure out a number of things, some of which eventually became Avanceé. Came up with a really solid concept, and even partnered with some folks to find investors. But sadly, nothing happened of Magic Wand. Continue reading →

  • Repair Assistants As the Better Wearable Acceptance Route

    Between the newly announced iFixIt Bot and this inventive use case of a HUD for assembling IKEA products, one could imagine a nearly interesting scenario where a wearable/interface which provokes one to be less wasteful being a easier route for this tech’s acceptance than the translation, media consumption, and notification triage routes. A problem with wearables, for the non-techie, is that they don’t seem to solve a low-enough hanging fruit. Sure, being a memory aide is not a problem. Continue reading →

  • Credits, Credentials, and Certificates

    One of the consistent conversations this year has been aronud the value of “AI certifications.” Let’s be straight, we aren’t fans of certifications for most of these efforts. There is largely no insurance-type or union-type organization behind many of these, nor the history which backs the reputation a traditional certification would infer. And yet, they are here, so how do we navigate certifications? Should they be given credit for something/anything? Or, are the credentials something yet to be built, and the certification points to the building blocks of a reputation which can be built? Continue reading →

  • Avanceé Reads for 5 Dec 25 🔗

    Seems like there’s a lot of Execurive change happening. Between folks leaving, companies merging, and the occasional fear-mongering, it seems there’s a lot of coal being put next to gift-wrap so far. Hopefully, this only means a sense of responsibility, not a judgement of what’s yet to come. Continue reading →

  • Avanceé Reads for 28 Nov 25 🦃 🔗

    Leftovers… this is all about sharing these later than usual because it’s like leftovers (lol). How else was I going to tie this into the 🦃 weekend’s theme 😆? Also published: Replacing Wipers and Wearable Tech Characteristics Continue reading →