Tag: technology

  • Technology Has Lowered the Bar for Starting a Business

    Technology Has Lowered the Bar for Starting a Business

    Starting a business was once a monumental task, particularly for endeavors requiring significant investment, such as spacecraft, pharmaceuticals, or automotive manufacturing. However, the landscape for launching software or service companies has vastly improved in terms of accessibility. There was a time when establishing a software business necessitated significant investments in server space, hardware, and costly…

  • The rectangle

    The rectangle

    All these people walking around, and here I am just watching them. It’s a lot of people, and they are all distracted, looking at a rectangle, ignoring what’s around them. It’s happening more and more, and it is sad. It illuminates their faces, bringing happiness and sadness at the same time. But nothing lasts; it…

  • Tinkering with AI: My First Steps

    Tinkering with AI: My First Steps

    Lately, I’ve been exploring the realms of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). My interest was sparked by a project at my day job, where we identified the potential for a simple ML model to enhance our data mapping process. We often encounter straightforward cases where source values directly map to expected system values,…

  • Understanding AI and Embracing Its Potential.

    Understanding AI and Embracing Its Potential.

    Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a thrilling and mysterious subject, much like a captivating science fiction book you can’t put down. However, beyond fiction, AI is a reality, and its history is just as fascinating. Can you imagine a machine that learns, thinks, and adapts? Sounds incredible, right? Well, that’s precisely what AI aims to…

  • Use technology, don’t let it use you.

    Use technology, don’t let it use you.

    I am sitting in a lounge at an airport in Mexico City. My flight is in three hours, I am on my way back to Seattle, the city I call home. I visited my family in Guadalajara. I love seeing my parents, my siblings, their spouses, and the charismatic nephews and nieces. My trip to…

  • A note on boredom, anonymity, and declinism

    A note on boredom, anonymity, and declinism

    It’s interesting to see how the amount of ennui in our society increases simultaneously as technology advances. We are doing something wrong. Technology and its rapid advancement can be not only distracting but dangerous.

  • How to explain technical information to someone with no technical knowledge

    How to explain technical information to someone with no technical knowledge

    Last week as I was asked to describe what a JavaScript callback is to someone without any technical background. I thought about it for a few seconds and couldn’t think of a non-technical way to explain that a callback is a function that gets executed after another function has finished its execution, so then I…

  • Innovation

    Innovation is an overused word and very often, not recognized for what it is or what it means but instead, for what each one of us wants to believe it means. Innovation is not something you teach or buy; innovation is not something a consultant will find for you or much less help you create it.…