Yesterday Sam Altman of OpenAI announced that it was back to business as usual (not that they missed many, if any steps) at OpenAI, the board has been re-constituted, and Microsoft now has a non-voting seat at the table. Further governance changes are forthcoming to prevent what happened from recurring, as well as an investigation... Continue Reading →
OpenAI Developer Day and the World’s First AI Platform
A few weeks back, I surmised that now was the time for builders given the state of Generative AI. And, with yesterday’s Developer Day, OpenAI has completely upped the game on the entire industry on innovation once again AND reinforced the point that now is indeed the time for builders. In short, yesterday’s announcements evolved... Continue Reading →
Are product experiments going too far in 2023? A look at recent actions from Big Tech…
Experimentation has been a critical topic in product management over the last several years. However, an interesting trend I’ve observed in 2023 is that of taking experiments much further than in years past – and shipping some seriously half-baked products that were positioned to the market as being generally available. This is not coming from... Continue Reading →
11 Months with Generative AI; the Implications for Software Development
Next week, the world will have had generative AI within its repertoire for eleven months, as ChatGPT was first released on November 30th, 2022. Debatably, the world of computing has never seen such a pace of innovation and seemingly gone through the equivalent of a Gartner Hype Cycle in less than a year. My post... Continue Reading →
Using a Nest Hub Max with Google Workspace 2022 Edition
The instructions I had previously written back in 2020 now no longer work. After a few more weekends of trial and error I finally figured out how to setup a Google Workspace account with a Nest Hub Max that is part of my personal Google Home. Fortunately the process is now quite a bit simpler.... Continue Reading →
Setting Up a Second Ubiquiti Unifi Site
To finish out my misadventures in home networking, I wanted to capture the process to add a second site and setup the site-to-site VPN. It was less than obvious. Preparing Your First Site The first thing one needs to do is prepare the first site. This involves enabling Multi-Site Management and then configure the USG... Continue Reading →
Using a Bell Home Hub with Ubiquiti Unifi
As part of setting up our second home in the Ottawa area, I ended up with quite the trial and error process to figure out how to use Ubiquiti Networks Unifi Security Gateway 4 Professional with the Bell Home Hub 3000. So, beyond writing this down so I don't forget it, I wanted to share... Continue Reading →
WWDC Wishlist: The Next iBook
With all the recent announcement of the M1-based iPad Pro's, speculation has of course run rampant on the inevitable merger of the iPad and Mac. And, of course, Apple vehemently denies this. But, with hardware platforms converged, there could be an interesting middle ground. Something I'm calling the Next iBook for lack of a better... Continue Reading →
Weekend Project: Using a Nest Hub Max to Access GSuite + Control a Nest Home
One of my long weekend projects was to be able to use a Nest Hub Max to access my GSuite work calendar and reminders as well as control my smart home utilizing my personal GMail and Nest Account. Google has said that this is supported for a while, but it took quite a bit of... Continue Reading →
ARM & Apple Silicon: The Future of Desktop Processors
I am in day two of living the Apple Silicon life. My 13" MacBook Pro with 16GB and 2TB arrived yesterday. My initial impressions are that ARM and Apple Silicon (by proxy) are indeed the future of desktop processors. And once again we see a classic case of Microsoft having the right idea first, but... Continue Reading →