EMails and hurt feelings
For the last two years I organized a monthly breakfast for the men who lead small groups in our fellowship. Back then there was not a lot of opportunity for the leaders to meet, have fellowship and talk about what is going on. Since then several other opportunities to meet have been created and the interest in the breakfasts was declining. It was increasingly difficult to find volunteers to host, lead any discussions or sometimes even find a suitable date.
Read more →Fall is upon us
Today is one of those fall days in New England that I especially value. It was cold when I left the house for work at around 7am and it soon will be time to wear gloves and a hat. At the same time there is not a cloud in the sky and one could see for miles. It would be the perfect day to go flying. Some of the leaves are turning their color and more will follow soon.
Read more →Equifax the second
Last time I wrote about Equifax and the ownership of data. Since then the CEO of Equifax and two other executives left, but it already got quieter while the news moved on to Trump’s Twitter battle with the NFL. I’m not sure what is more sad. Anyways, the ideas about ownership of data and digital freedom come mostly from Doc Searls, who writes the EOF column at the Linux Journal.
Read more →The Equifax Debacle
Not too long ago I was lamenting about all the data Facebook collects and now we have the Equifax debacle. I checked their website and we are part of the group whose data was compromised. So I took some time this weekend to put a freeze on our credit files and found it a very frustrating experience. Equifax has been criticized a lot already, but they cleaned up placing a freeze and it was really straightforward.
Read more →Constrained
Harvard Business Review recently had an interesting article “What Amazon’s HQ2 Wish List Signals About the Future of Cities” about Amazon’s RFP for a second headquarter office. It discussed the implications for cities that want to attract large high-tech corporations and listed the following points, which I found remarkable. The article summarized the requirements into four high level topics Capacity to produce skilled, technical talent. Access to domestic and global markets through modern infrastructure.
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