While researching online hysteria, I came across an old story from 2013 which became prominent enough to enter the meme hall-of-fame with the nickname, Donglegate. It all started at a presentation at the tech conference, Pycon. It seems a couple of good-old-tech-boys got a little overexcited by the subject matter

While blasting through my summer reading list, I thought I'd better stop for a breathless minute and post something, even if it's scant and interim. I'll return later with a more extensive review on this fascinating book, written by a true disruptor. Finished Ghost

I hang around Quora a lot. It's a great place to practice writing on a particular topic area and seeing how readers react. With an answer like this one, I'm sure to get a bunch of hate comments from folks. I've learned not to

Here's an answer I wrote on Quora. I'm posting it here because it captures something important about the times we're in -- that the people who should be in charge, the citizens, are being bamboozled by their elected representatives. It's time to

I admire people who, at a very early age, glimpsed their destiny and pursued it with passion and persistance -- built their visions into a life and career. I've known a few people like that. But I wasn't one of them. Oh, I had plenty of

This blog is for the disruptors, those restless subway riders, not content to live out their days as cogs in the wheel.