Lawrence Baxter was the head of e-Commerce at Wachovia while I worked there and he was an effective and compassionate leader whom I respected a great deal. He now teaches at Duke University and has co-authored an interesting blog post on blockchain that is worth reading. https://sites.duke.edu/thefinregblog/2018/04/05/blockchain-is-overhyped
Read moreMonth: April 2018
IA Summit 18 Recap
It’s already been more than a month since the IA Summit in Chicago and the various themes from the event are still swirling around in my head. This was Summit #19, (my 16th, Niles’ 8th!) and as it happens it will be the last conference called the “IA Summit” as ASIST is not going to…
Read moreLibrarians & Architects: Natural Enemies?
As an Information Architect who has always embraced the “information” appelation but long been queasy about the “architecture” bit, imagine my surprise to come across* this wonderful article by Marvin J Taylor and Andrea Geyer about the long history of tension between librarians and architects around the design of libraries. The article documents the evolution…
Read moreSkyknit: Training neural networks to generate knitting patterns
Knitting is one of my favorite past-times; it is simultaneously meditative and productive. It is also decidedly low-tech and a welcome respite away from the screens that occupy so much of my work day. The Atlantic is giving The New Yorker a run for its money when it comes to beloved source of long-form journalism…
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