Posts tagged with Thoughts
Subscription Wariness
A couple weeks back, people noticed that BMW has been trialing a subscription service to enable heated seats in their vehicles, which caused all manner of outrage for car enthusiasts. Since BMWs would already have the hardware components installed, the…
Wither Offices in 2022?
As I'm typing this out in June of 2022, it's been 2.5 years since the original COVID-19 virus strain was first found in humans—though it certainly has felt longer than 30 months. The US…
Languages
I studied Computer Science in college, but opted to for a degree through the College of Letters & Science, which meant that my core CS classes were augmented with coursework in the humanities: linguistics, rhetoric, music, and the like. I…
Year in Review — 2021
It's close to the end of another year, which makes for a good excuse to take stock of these last 12 months, take a deep breath, before charging forward into 2022. Unfortunately, COVID-19 is still very much a…
Technological Optimization
I think of myself as a technologist, someone who sees of technology as a positive force on society, the continuous endeavors that strive to move us towards better futures. It accomplishes that goal by enabling more possibility with greater efficiency…
This Metaverse Thing
A number of years ago, I knew this guy who ran a business rendering custom characters in real life, building molds of World of Warcraft character avatars[1] out of a factory in Asia to sell to players who wanted…
