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Thoughts and ideas on people and technology.
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- More Maintenance, Less Repair · 3 minMost people would define “maintenance” as “fixing stuff that’s broken”. If you told them that that’s “repair” and that maintenance is different, they’d reply that you should get…
- Glass Lake - A Short Story · 10 minThis week is a short story about an off-grid homesteader in the near future. The various technical and other odd bits I used are all either real things or will be very soon.
- RoboBoss Has Approved Your Timesheet · 3 minArtificial intelligence is upon us and not showing any signs of slowing. The most common concern from those in the workforce is being replaced by one of these “thinking…
- What is Money Series - Part 4 - What Are Crypto & CBDCs? · 4 minWelcome to part 4, the final entry in the What is Money series. We’re capping it off with “crypto” and CBDCs.
- Which Disney Princess Are You (in the Workplace)? · 5 minMillennials remember the era of Buzzfeed quizzes with fondness, and some may even describe it as identity or culture shaping. People have always loved these miniature personality…
- What is Money Series - Part 3 - What is Bitcoin? · 7 minWelcome to part 3 of the “What is Money?” series! So far we’ve covered the base concepts of money and money as a system in part 1, and the Canadian Dollar in part 2. Today we’re…
- Fear & Respect in the Workplace · 5 minIf you haven’t had the experience of waking up in the morning and fearing going to work, you’ve probably heard at least one story of someone who has. Someone who was afraid of…
- What is Money Series - Part 2 - What is the Canadian Dollar? · 7 minIn part 1 of this series ([Part 1 - What is Money? ]( https://scalebright.ca/blog/2025-01-20-what-is-money-series-part-1-what-is-money)) we overviewed the history of money and as…
- Localizing Your Minimum Wage · 5 minMinimum wage has been a hot topic as far back as I can remember. If you’re an employer it can feel like government needlessly meddling in the free market, while for employees it…
- What is Money Series - Part 1 - What is Money? · 4 min“What is money?” sounds like a bit of a silly question. You’d probably hold up some cash or maybe flash your debit card. But I challenge you with this: imagine a 5-year-old…
- Beatings? No, Meetings Will Continue Until Morale (and Efficiency) Improves · 7 minWe’ve all been in meetings that seem to be stuck in an unending loop of “discussions” going nowhere while simultaneously ratcheting up everyone’s emotions as the minutes past…
- Technology Never Changes · 4 min“Technology never changes” sounds insane, doesn’t it? Of course it changes! Far too fast! New models of smartphones, laptops, refrigerators, cars, and toasters every year! And…
- What are Basic Computer Skills? · 8 minLook at any white-collar office job posting from the last few decades and you’re likely to see something like “basic computers skills” listed as a requirement. “Great,” you think…
- What Makes a Website Good? · 5 min“Can you help make our website good?” is one of the most loaded questions I get. There are many aspects to this question’s galactic gravitas, and their root is another question…
- How to Find Things on the Internet · 4 minI’ve been on the internet since the mid 90s. Once I started “cyber-schooling” a few years later my time spent in front of a screen skyrocketed. One of the time vortices both for…
- Personal Responsibility & Mammoth Steak · 5 min“Sam did it!” You can hear the edge in the child’s voice as they attempt to shift blame for whatever minor misdeed they may-or-may-not have masterminded. In the court of humanity…
- Become Unbannable · 6 minThe Americans just had a big election, and Canada’s next has been effectively underway for a while now. Automated moderation systems are being increasingly relied upon by large…
- How to Create a Job Application · 8 minThe internet has had tutorials for job applications for a while; I remember searching for and reviewing them as part of “Career and Life Management (CALM)” in grade school. But…
- Cloudy With a Chance of Servers · 3 minWhat is “the cloud”? And more importantly, who cares? The term has been in use for years and is long past the point of being a buzzword, but it might become relevant again as we…
- Training the Dog in Us · 3 minLast week our household acquired a dog. I’ve had and trained dogs before; four in total over the course of about 20 years. But it’s been about 6 years without one, and this one…
