Articles from the SomeplacElse Blog
I went to CreatorFest Orlando, 2024 to listen, to observe, to understand and to convey that knowledge work is generationally agnostic. I heard a LOT of exuberance, a lot of unbridled enthusiasm and, probably, way too much BASS to facilitate the networking that was to...
According to IBM Artifical intelligence is technology that enables computers and machines to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving capabilities. Having built a highly successful Information Systems career on Richard Feynman’s hypothesis that “Perspective is...
32 months ago I was offered a bonus to forgo my final year of corporate servitude and retire. This was not what I had planned, but then, rarely have my life changing events EVER been "as planned". I had almost completed the full remodel of my house in AZ and felt it...
One of the few things I remember from my forced study of Shakespeare in High School and College, was Comedy vs Tragedy, in comedy the hero wins in tragedy EVERYBODY seems to lose. Fahrenheit 11/9 is a tragedy. I hate tragedies. I don't know why anyone wants to...
Native: Belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature Many moons ago, our people showed us, sometimes, meaningful stories through tubes. Lou Grant came to us every 7 days, in season, to speak out against injustice and to convey understanding. One such story...
About a week ago, the front page of Business declared that Marc Lore was in pursuit of Utopia. Then CNN offered this today... It would appear that Mr. Lore is not just Considering SomeplacElse, he is planning to build it! This comes at a time when I am SOOO READY to...
In the past I have occasionally heard bits and pieces of partisan grandstanding on the Senate floor. Sometimes I would express a "Give Em Hell, Harry" but more often I would let an obscenity fly, turn off the TV, and try to calm down. But last night, much to my...
Her name was Melinda. Last name unknown. But we talked, laughed, played charades and provided outrageous answers to the pantomimes of others. I found out many things about her in the few hours we spent together but alas a phone number was not among them. Someone...
There was something about driving the Tri-State at night in the winter, that kicked up the adrenalin. I had topped off my wiper solution fully cognizant of the coming street crud that would try to coat my windshield in the wake of lumbering 18 wheelers. I danced...
Mom shouted down the hall, "Barry, will you run to Dunkin Donut and get me a coffee?" "Ok. You want a hot dog from Arman's?" "Not today" The overly wholesome food and all you can-drink-milk from the Purdue meal plan left me starved for the real stuff of Chicago and...
50 years ago, I got in my Brother's car as we embarked on what we were still allowed to call "Christmas" break. (The semester did not end in those days, we had to return to classes and finals in January.) There was a warmth in my parents house that gave much comfort...
Yesterday my lunch time search for tubular wisdom landed me on 1954's Executive Suite. At the end of the movie William Holden's character makes a speech about pride and purpose as he battles Fredric March's character who feels the purpose of a corporation is to...