The reality, of course, is that I won’t jettison WordPress. It’s what I know, and it works. My one-hour CMS was just a proof of concept, nothing more. A momentary diversion to prove I could. Some adventures are best parked before they get out of hand. Let me return to my eReader, and try to …
It’s amusing to recall that I have been using WordPress for everything for years, when it turns out I could just have done what I did this evening. Admittedly this just provides more commentary on how my day went, in that I felt compelled to entertain another thereapeutic splurge of what if after work. This …
The thing with all the AI hype is that nobody ever stops to ask, “What is the problem we’re trying to solve?” Of course, this is nothing new. Services frequently procure solutions for a problem they have not yet identified. Often, it coincides with underspend season. Sometimes, it’s because they watched a fancy marketing presentation. …
I couldn’t help making that observation in a meeting this morning. Sure, AI is written all over the documentation. But as I facilitated this latest go-live, I felt compelled to state this obvious fact. An obvious fact brought to the fore by guidance stating users must enter a date in a particular format or it …
It started as a spontaneous experiment with code after a stressful day at work. Hammering the day’s events out of me, after a couple of hours, I ended up with simple eReader. But like many side projects that start as simple diversions, it soon took on a life of its own. What began with me …
AI replacing workers will simply be the Horizon scandal all over again, proving that nobody ever learns from anything. Once again, execs who don’t understand the technology they’re investing in will dive headfirst into disaster. A few early adoptors are already discovering they were wrong, quietly rehiring the techs they previously laid off to rewrite …
“AI is going to take developer jobs!” Really? Company execs may see it that way, but I don’t think so. I’ve been using AI to help me build a hobby web app. It’s helped me lots, but it’s far from a master of code. On numerous occasions, I spotted errors it missed. I’m not a …
For all my critique of some LLMs and their implementation, what I do appreciate about the successful platforms is their providing the support I’ve lacked throughout my career. Ever since my technical team was disbanded in 2011, I have been forced to go it alone. For every problem faced, I have had to work out …
Honestly, Satya Nadella’s vision for the future of the web sounds awful. I’ve just listened to an interview with the CEO of Microsoft, in which he opined enthusiastically about his vision of an “agentic” future. A future where AI systems browse the web on our behalf, handle tasks for us, and reshape how we interact with …
Naturally, many of my colleagues do not agree with my assessment of Microsoft 365 Copilot. Unlike me, they find it extremely useful, saving them hours each week to focus on their core responsibilities. Which is wonderful. I am all for tools that make people’s lives easier. We all have different skills and needs, after all. …
In the 1990s, my family was early to embrace the concept of Fair Trade long before it was fashionable to do so. I wonder if my generation needs a similar movement to counter the unethical behaviour of big tech. Despite widespread acclaim, there’s a lot wrong with the leaders in AI in their current form. …
I’m not opposed to the use of Generative AI. I think it has great potential as a productivity aid and assistive tool. Platforms like ChatGPT and Claude have shown real promise in making certain tasks more efficient, insightful and accessible. But I remain reticent about its global adoption. More than anything, I object to it …
The first time I encountered the term “Artificial Intelligence” outside the realm of science fiction was in 2003. That was when I was introduced to a family friend who was doing a PhD in the field, then working with a medical imaging company that was developing algorithms that could detect cancer tumors in CT scans. …
Everybody is belatedly realising that AI chatbots are just super impressive demos. But that’s it. They’re not actually ready for real-world use cases, because they’re neither reliable, nor consistently produce accurate outputs. I wonder if that’s why Microsoft recently cancelled it’s vast data centre expansion plans. And why Apple fired its AI development leads. LLMs …
