Twenty years ago, an idea cropped up that overreliance on technology might cause some kind of digital dementia resulting in the deterioration of short-term memory and other cognitive processes. Three years ago, I forced myself to start learning LLMs first and using AI later, as often as possible. If I was going to be writing about …
A few years ago, my friend Bob started showing me the real meaning of the “Work hard, play hard” motto while we were traveling all over the world for work, and since then I couldn’t agree more on how this reflects on my current work-life balance. In the absence of a truly positive, productive …
The picture below, taken from one of Kubrick’s masterpieces, is a clear representation of where we stand in the Foodservice Equipment and Supplies Industry when we are talking about a BIM file (RFA extension format name) of a single piece of equipment: a giant immutable monolith where all the professionals stare at like the Holy …
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When I joined the fabulous world of software in the early 2000s, software purchasing primarily involved buying perpetual licenses for one-time flat fees. Physical software was sold in boxes containing CDs or floppy disks. The legal agreement (EULA) was printed on paper inside or on the outside of the packaging. You bought it (at a …
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is the latest science fiction black comedy movie from Oscar-winning director Gore Verbinski. The movie marks Verbinski’s return to directing, nearly a decade after his last work. The story revolves around a crucial nighttime mission: saving humanity from the impending apocalypse caused by rogue artificial intelligence and the …
This May I stopped in London while traveling to the FCSI Conference in Liverpool, and walking to Waterloo Place, I came across the latest work by Banksy; the statue of a man in a suit and tie walking forward with a flag completely covering his face. The flag does not guide man, but blinds …
Long-time company leader steps into the top role, pledging to double-down on innovation and cross-industry collaboration Jupiter, Florida — Specifi, the marketplace for global data serving the foodservice equipment and supplies industry, following the internal reorganization announced a few weeks ago, today announced the appointment of Fabio Tantaro as Chief Executive Officer for Europe …
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The BIC Pen, this humble writing instrument, is one of the most perfectly designed and ingeniously engineered products of the last century. The Bic Cristal, introduced in 1950, has become a universal tool for students, professionals, and everyday users. Its sheer simplicity, functionality, and affordability have cemented its status as a timeless design icon. …
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The phrase “offline is the new luxury” has been slowly bubbling up over the past few years and the signs of the return of an analog lifestyle are everywhere. The amount of digital clutter between productivity apps, “watch later” lists, emails, newsletters, social media messages, chats and constant bouncing across content and tools are …
Jack Lemmon’s portrayal of C.C. “Bud” Baxter in The Apartment (1960) is widely regarded as a quintessential and famously sympathetic “yes-man” character, embodying the desperate, cynical, and ultimately redemptive nature of the corporate ladder-climber. A “yes man” at work (widely, not just in the software world, but in every office, organization, or group) is someone …
