December 2021
Yes, Its Christmas Time.
One of the wonders of this season is how far companies will go to twist themselves into pretzels with their seasonal messages and not wish folks “Merry Christmas.” They seem to be so afraid of offending someone that they put … Continue reading
A Christmas Gift to Yourself
This has been a hell of a year and merely surviving has been challenging. We are down to the last two weeks of the year and I have a suggestion. Take em off and relax. Play, sleep, eat, commune, go … Continue reading
Tech for Tech’s Sake
I go into a parking lot and it is pay by plate. I enter my plate number, pay the requisite amount, and then proceed about my business. Two weeks later I receive a citation in the mail. How can that … Continue reading
It’s all the same — a case for curiosity
Typically the first thing I do in the morning is review a bunch of sites with articles of interest. Mostly political commentary, some news. It occurred to me today that I’m not reading them any more. I just skip over … Continue reading
MaaS – Why Hasn’t it Caught on
Simply put, Mobility as a Service is a concept that makes it easy for folks to use a single credential to access all sorts of transportation in a given area. What if you had an app that allowed you to … Continue reading
These Folks are Surprised that People Like to Drive
Bloomberg labs has published an article by Eric Jaffe on a study done by a bunch of Italian statisticians concerning folks preference to cars over other types of transit, even when it costs more to drive the car than take … Continue reading