Silent Conversations
“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.” — Cicero It’s been too many months since my last blog entry. I have remained silent in a field in which I have considerable experience and even more opinions. And it’s …
Author: Max K Goff
A Word’s Worth
I know you have heard the adage, and you believe it and likely accept it, like you know a litany of similar accepted truths: A picture is worth a thousand words. For over a century that expression has been used …
AI Means Business
Artificial Intelligence (AI) means business. It has the potential to transform how we live, learn, and work. But do we understand AI, or at least how to implement it effectively? Some business leaders across industries are becoming increasingly aware that …
UMBRA EX MACHINA
We carry our past with us, to wit, the primitive and inferior man with his desires and emotions, and it is only with an enormous effort that we can detach ourselves from this burden. If it comes to a neurosis, …
CODE EX MACHINA
One of my pet peeves is real-time coding tests during job interviews. I find the entire concept to be not only counter-productive but also demeaning and offensive. Some might argue that asking a software developer to write code from some …
BLOG EX MACHINA
The arc of technology is ever forward — smaller, faster, cheaper. Ephemeralization. That’s the word Bucky Fuller coined to describe the phenomenon of technologically increasing productivity. I know I’ve written about Fuller a few times. There is no doubt he …
Let Us Reason Together — part 3
“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool’” (Isaiah 1:18) In
Let Us Reason Together – part 2
“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool’” (Isaiah 1:18) In part one of …
Let Us Reason Together – part 1
“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool’” (Isaiah 1:18) Ten years ago I …
Questions with Flair
When I started on the path to becoming a data scientist I was a bit overwhelmed at the broad set of skills that were required. Granted, I took the decision at a point far enough into my software development career …