It is difficult to write our way out of the place where we are. The words come easily enough, each measured by its emotional weight in the stream of problems we face. It is possible that this paragraph will go away when I find my bottom. Mandates, Cuomo, Olympic head gymnastics, where we were two … Read more
When the pandemic receded enough that we could get in our car with dogs, SiriusXM, and our kids in the rearview mirror, we drove to South Carolina. Tina had endured the last year and almost another half while her mother languished with aging pets, her husband in an institution, and ultimately his death. As the … Read more
I recently attended a celebration from one of the collaboration technology pioneers, Ray Ozzie. Ozzie, the father of Lotus Notes, left Lotus and his startup company Iris after a hostile takeover by IBM and eventually switched to Microsoft when that company acquired its next startup, Groove. By “attended” I mean a virtual event at the … Read more
It turned out that the most important decision was not the choice (and removal) of the election, but the permanent ban of the former president through Twitter from the social network. Suddenly the temperature cooled, the new government went through the details of introducing the vaccine, and the second impeachment attempt ended with an expected … Read more