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Diligence in the AI Era
AI has transformed technical diligence. What took weeks of painful access negotiations and siloed tooling now takes days. But a faster, broader report still lands on a desk, and someone experienced still has to decide what it means. The tools have changed. That part hasn’t.
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Ride of a life time
Dreaming opens up the doors to possibilities. If you don’t dream then you already close off paths not travelled. I dared to dream and I am about to embark on something even I couldn’t have imagined.
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Lack of transparency in AI pricing
AI users face challenges with unclear usage limits and billing practices, often leading to unexpected charges. Token-based pricing lacks transparency, complicating cost management. While some providers are introducing controls to mitigate expenses, there’s a need for clearer metrics akin to traditional utilities, allowing users to predict costs and optimize usage effectively.
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Amazon Lambda now accepting SQS events directly (nearly)
Amazon has closed the gap between Lambda and processing events directly from SQS, opening up a world of possibilities.
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The Gemini PDA 2018; hands on review
After a few weeks of usage, learn what makes this Psion revival a wonderful addition to the Android smartphone world
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3 simple guidelines to protect our ever connected ‘smart’ device universe
As we become more beholden to companies to keep our smart devices functioning long after purchase date, I propose 3 guidelines to address this imbalance and risk.
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The browser war is over; guess who won?
There is no more browser war. We’ve already traded our data and privacy which yields us unable to fight in the war. Like our music, movies and photos, our browsing has fallen, the powerful internet corporation’s have quietly taken another scalp.
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Couple of tricks to manage a Zero Inbox
A zero inbox is that wonderful feeling of knowing you’ve taken care of business. Discover a couple of wee tricks to make this easy to maintain.
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‘Save’ has all but been eliminated on the web; when will it die on the desktop?
We live in a ‘save’ less world online, but the humble desktop has yet to catch up with this, forcing me to think of when to save my process.
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Too late; Amazon’s Kindle finally waterproof
Amazon have launched a waterproof Kindle. Speaking as someone that has lost many a device to the aqua gods I should welcome this. But I am going back to the printed page.
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Orlando-Richmond :: A 1600 mile Tesla story
After a 1600 mile roundtrip journey in my Tesla, I have fallen in love with road trips again, even with the overhead of charging.
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Tesla Model S warned driver in fatal crash to put hands on steering wheel
The NTSB concluded today, with their release of a 500 page report, that the driver had failed to respond to directions to put his hands on the wheel
the legend that is, Alan Williamson
For over 24 years, I’ve shared my thoughts here on this blog whenever the muse strikes.
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