Her is a 2013 American science fiction romantic drama film (Oscar awarded for Best Original Screenplay) written, co-produced, and directed by the visionary Spike Jonze. It follows Theodore Twombly, a man who develops a dangerous relationship with Samantha, an artificially intelligent operating system personified through a female voice. Like Samantha, your browser’s “I’m not …
Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt got fired for being too entertaining in 1975. Working at a club, they rocked the house to their own detriment. “Yes, the crowd was large and enthusiastic, but no one was drinking,” – the owner said – “They were too busy listening to the music. It’s a bar, you …
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When I look at the software world, I often feel like I’m in a Mel Brooks movie. In 2027, it is scheduled to release Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money and no name is more appropriate as an analogy. The latest and the greatest “Keep an eye on the staircases, they like …
It was 1987 when the American rock band Guns N’ Roses released the Appetite for Destruction album’s second single, “Welcome to the Jungle”. I can tell you that a digital journey in any organization in the Foodservice Equipment and Supplies Industry could be summarized as a dangerous safari in a jungle. Actually, nothing explains …
When I have to explain what a paradox is, the first thing that comes to my mind is, of course, the movie Back to the Future. Marty and Doc never had have had brought the time machine to 2015. That means 2015 Biff could also not had have had brought the almanac to 1955 …
It’s a trap! is a line from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. The character Admiral Ackbar (Erik Bauersfeld), while engaging in an ambush on an enemy weapon, is informed that enemy ships have arrived. Be aware of the deception Technological lock-in occurs when users become dependent on a specific, often inferior or outdated, …
My life as a digital consultant is not that easy. It moves from never-ending international travels to never-ending days of online meetings. It is one way or another; there is no happy medium. When I’m abroad, I miss home. When I’m home, I would like to be elsewhere just because those long “remote” days, …
The featured image of this article shows the main characters of Mr. Robot, an American 4-season psychological techno-thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for the USA Network. It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder, clinical depression, and dissociative identity disorder. E Corp, renamed by …
“2 + 2 = 5” is one of the songs I love the most of the UK band Radiohead (watch them play it live in London here). This “2 + 2 = 5” title, taken from George Orwell’s “1984,” symbolizes the forced acceptance of a self-evident falsehood imposed by a totalitarian power. It represents …
A few years ago, between 2017 and 2019, I spent a lot of time going back and forth from Lausanne in Switzerland to London, where I was attending a Business School for Startups, willing to launch my own venture. That experience gave me the opportunity to be seated in an open space full of great …
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