2020

    • Forecast Failure: Why Project Estimates and Political Polls Get It Wrong
      The presidential contest in the United States is still unclear three days after Election Day. However, one area of clarity is the failure of polls to forecast this outcome. Polls and project estimates suffer from the same fatal flaw: the impossibility of certainty.
      Category: Work  06 Nov 2020
    • The Three Ps of VR: Presence, Price, and Personal
      This is another essay I submitted to the David Carr writing contest, but this was for SXSW 2016. It contains my thoughts about the future of virtual reality (VR).
      Category: Tech  30 Oct 2020
    • What The Matrix, Inception, and the Food Industry Can Teach Social Media Sites about Truth
      I submitted this essay to the SXSW 2018 David Carr writing contest. It didn't win, but I think it's more timely than ever as social media sites continue to expand their influence across the globe.
      Category: Tech  23 Oct 2020
    • Stage Routines for Public Speakers
      When you boil it down, speakers have to get on stage, perform on stage, and then get off the stage. Here are my routines for handling all of these stages.
      Category: Speaking  16 Oct 2020
    • Speaker Benefits
      I've been lucky to develop a successful side-career as a speaker at tech events. Here are the benefits I've experienced being a speaker.
      Category: Speaking  09 Oct 2020
    • The Interview Never Ends
      A colleague who had recently accepted a job offer stated that they were glad the interview process was over. I reminded them that the interview never ends for the company or for the employee.
      Category: Career  02 Oct 2020
    • Myths about Public Speakers
      One of the things I love to do as a public speaker is help people start their own journey to becoming a public speaker. This often results in resistance because of the myths that people have about public speakers, and I want to dispel some of those myths.
      Category: Speaking  25 Sep 2020
    • Why I Blog
      I blog for a variety of reasons, but, ultimately, I blog to create the things that I want to read.
      Category: Writing  11 Sep 2020
    • How to Digitize Your Old Video Tapes
      The last time I changed companies, I scheduled a few weeks of downtime before I started my new role. I took the opportunity to digitize my decades old collection of VHS, Video8, Hi8, and MiniDV tapes. Here's how I preserved these irreplaceable memories.
      Category: Tech  04 Sep 2020
    • Support the Inclusive Cloud
      Cloud engineers need to support a variety of cloud providers and tools, but now, more than ever, they also need to support the inclusive cloud.
      Category: Inclusion and Diversity  28 Aug 2020