How ISO Standards Became My Unlikely Career Cheat Code: A Tech Odyssey
From cowboy coding to ISO disciple - discovering the unseen forces shaping work, while striving for value, not 'unique snowflake' status.
Sam Texas
Ron Swanson: web3 falling short of decentralization
Those in web3 parade around, waving their decentralized banners, while conveniently relying on centralized services for communication and content distribution.
Disrupting the Hive: The Inevitable Deconstruction of Office Culture
Traditional offices are becoming relics. Productivity and comfort redefine the future of work. Embrace remote or risk obsolescence.
The Permissionless Mirage: When Idealism Blinds Us to Pragmatism
Questioning the permissionless hype: We might overlook the pragmatism of permissioned chains and the true future of data stewardship. #BlockchainReality
Human Curation: The Antidote to Algorithmic Overload
The Internet has turned into a landfill where content is tailored for algorithms, not humans. All the tech muscle in the world can't seem to sort it out. Maybe it's time we bring humans back into the equation?
Compliance debt is worse than technical debt
Compliance is that nagging party guest for regulated industries, but here's the twist: it's actually beneficial for everyone.
My strategy to quickly learn new industries, subjects, and more
Learn my strategy for quickly mapping and learning new subjects, industries, and other unknown. Build simple databases with Excel.
Job ads are as exciting as a grocery list. Sprinkle in some grit and candor
Enough with the boring and bland job ads! Swap human shopping lists for riveting stories, brimming with candor.
Analyzing Crypto Twitter for Fun and Profit (clickbait title)
I started aggregating and analyzing network data from CT (Crypto Twitter)(influencers, projects, developers).
Here is what I've learned:
1. Tracking who follows is very noisy.
It might be an interesting flex on popularity (Remember Klout?), but it does not seem to lead to actionable insights. At scale,
Don't be an idiot. Be nice to recruiters when they call
Some thoughts on why you should be nice to a recruiter when they reach out