The next phase of the holidays are the case for many people. Most folks take advantage of purchasing opportunities. And yet the connections to what we’re gonna be talking about over the coming year have yet to fully reveal themselves. Connectivity and Federation are going to be fairly popular … read more

Some years back, was pushed into teaching folks about Excel macros. Anyone who has worked on automating a part of their work certainly gets why it’s valuable. But, making it valuable for folks who have not? Well, that was a challenge. Later, ended up working across a few companies where this ability … read more

For one reason or another, the iPadOS application for @microdotblog has seemed a little wonky lately in regards to handling the text model boxes. So, am typing (dictating) blind. And maybe that’s not a bad thing. The shape of input should change. And, it’s probable that this weekly post should be a … read more

Originally posted this in the Humane Discord; lightly edited and expanded thoughts here. Been seeing some commentary on the NYT piece about chatbots/AI doing better diagnoses than doctors, and my mind went back to a prev convo (in the Humane Discord) on the AiPin being able to connect to the Oura … read more

Arguably, most of what has transpired over the past weeks as shaken some folks and empowered others. There is a matter of expertise that’s been questioned, for various reasons. It’s going to be interesting to see how we make new connections out of these renewed pieces of tension. read more

Found a bit of a means to refocus this initiative this week. Still working on some connectedness. But, the shape of things here has found something calmer and more focused. And this might be what’s needed given what’s on the horizon. Also published: Prescription Lens Judgement Sounding Board read more

“Can we talk to you about… we are exploring this thing and not sure which path we should take. There’s what we know which is… And there’s a lot that we don’t know. How do you think we should approach this? What steps would you take in our shoes?” For some of the conversations since starting the … read more

If I do prescription lenses into the Brilliant Labs Frame, does this mean that the experiment to see if these could replace (or augment) prescription lenses is a failure? Is just considering prescription lenses a judgement of a failed experiment? ——— Saw a few renewed takes on Meta’s Orion and … read more

Spent a piece of the week contemplating the acceleration of noise to connected spaces, while noticing the deacceleration in admonishing artifacts that seem to be more humane. We’re going into a season of Thanksgiving without much thanks it seems. read more

Seems like: the best kind of advocacy is folks seeing you do what you are advocating about. Not merely practicing what you preach, but embodying it. read more