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Unlocking the power of MCP
Your AI assistant is smart but blind. It cannot see your databases, logs, or internal systems. The Model Context Protocol changes that. MCP creates a secure bridge between AI tools and your infrastructure. You define the connection once. The AI queries your entire organization through one standard interface.
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I like big Macs and I cannot lie
As a longtime Windows desktop and Ubuntu user, I finally explore the Apple Macbook Pro as my primary laptop. Discover the journey, the ups and downs, and finally what has turned me into a Macbook Pro fan.
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Why the SaaSpocalypse is over blown
Predictions state AI will replace SaaS platforms with custom software. This resembles the open source movement. Building custom tools creates costs for security, maintenance, and integration. Established providers offer compliance and scalability. Focus on your core business. Use AI to enhance your tools instead of replacing them. Always stay practical.
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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
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RNC research firm leaks data of 200m US citizens
1.1 terabytes of data includes birthdates, home addresses, telephone numbers and political views of nearly 62% of the entire US population.
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Do you still buy e-books as much as you did?
With e-book sales dropping as much as 26% year-on-year, has the shine gone off the kindle?
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Amazon will change Whole Foods – but to what?
Could Whole Foods morph into an Amazon’s version of CVS/Walgreens like store? Everything you need under one roof.
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Amazon buys Whole Foods $13.4B
Okay so this caught most of the industry off their feet, with Amazon announcing they are getting into bricks’n’mortar business big time by buying a Whole Foods, the horrendously expensive supermarket.
the legend that is, Alan Williamson
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