7 Must Reads And A Couple Others That Could Change How You See Everything — My Top Reads This January This January, I read 11 books, with 7 having a significant impact on my thinking and habits. I’ve been shifting how I come across recommendations and the subjects that I read to gain a better sense of “whole” and more rounded skills and impressions. I’ve also opened myself up to…

William Every Week #9 — I’m sure you have heard about all the layoffs within the technology sector. My heart goes out to those affected. I’m among them, and it’s definitely been a point of growth in my life over the last couple months. During a future post I’ll take time to write about what…

The High-Stakes Game of Emerging Technologies: Building vs Betting Someone Else Will Build It For You — It can be a daunting task to navigate the choices of building or buying a solution, especially when the options available in the market are limited. As someone who has led engineering for a company in the blockchain space, I know the struggles of trying to innovate and create new…

Saturday, I attended an art exhibit called Inter_, which felt more like a commoditized event than a specific creator’s work. The installation was geared towards foot traffic and creating Instagrammable moments. This particular experience involved walking through a series of rooms, the first featuring galactic projections on the wall. “Jump…

At some point, AI will be so mundane that we just talk about it as software or computing. It will be everywhere. I remember reading a book on ubiquitous computing years back and really being hit by the point that computers are truly everywhere, from the LED glow stick sold…

Down With New Year’s Resolutions Its a new year, 2023. Something that I’ve always disliked is New Year’s resolutions. I’m hyper-pro-commitment for those that know me, I’m also anti-procrastination. Start of year commitments for personal growth don’t mean anything, if they really mattered you would have started as soon as you thought of how you…

Have you ever found yourself stuck in a situation where you were trying to solve a problem, but you couldn’t see the bigger picture? This is a common phenomenon in business, where motivated and engaged employees seek to solve the problem at hand, often without considering the larger context or…

I entered the world of blockchain in 2021. 2022 was the year that the crypto industry really faced challenges and tested itself. It didn’t fare well. This was due to a number of factors, including changes in consumer spending habits as people began to go out more again and downfall…

I’m now a member of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), writing regularly, growing my social following, and more motivated than I have ever been (a very very high bar). And it’s all thanks to my incredible new career coach, ChatGPT. Since the day of its launch (only about a…