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Meta Information

Producing information about the challenges of managing information seems a little meta to me, yet it seems that the current algorithmic approaches are missing the mark somehow. The information problem is both an individual problem and it is a collective...

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The Mimesis of Mimesis

It has become somewhat mimetic to write something about mimesis. However, once you learn about mimesis, you just can’t unsee it. Not only do you see mimetic behavior in everything, but you see more and more articles mentioning mimesis. For...

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Obvious and Oblivious

The twins are it again. And I don’t mean waking up too early. Some things are so obvious, but yet we are still completely oblivious. The net effect of the information age is not necessarily enlightenment, but a dark age...

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Why Information Technology Fails

Information doesn’t fit in boxes. Once you put information in a box, it becomes less visible and its value slowly begins to depreciate. Yet, day after day, information is forced into boxes. While data usually fits into these boxes, the Read more…

By Lex, 8 monthsOctober 19, 2024 ago
GREAT bus sanitizing, December 4
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Sanitized for Your Protection

Information is not clean. Information is never perfect. Yet, we have to cope with incomplete and dirty information all the time. And we have different imperfect methods for dealing this. Trying to clean the information seems like the most rational Read more…

By Lex, 10 monthsAugust 13, 2024 ago
Lost
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Getting Lost to Get Found

This blog got a lost in the background trying to straighten itself out and come up with a clear message and purpose. In the background I have been trying to write the perfect posts and frameworks. Posts that explain everything Read more…

By Lex, 1 yearJune 9, 2024 ago
Equipment
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Ill Equipped for the Future

When I was thinking of this headline for this post, I had no idea how cool and ambiguous that it would look…And that is what makes this post more relevant. The first rule of everything is: Things are not always Read more…

By Lex, 1 yearJune 1, 2024 ago
Infinity on Rails
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Managing Infinity

The best way to manage infinity is to pretend that it doesn’t exist. Sometimes putting constraints on things is the only way to get things done. Sometimes these constraints are real like the within the laws of physics, but sometimes Read more…

By Lex, 2 yearsJuly 13, 2023 ago
Data Addiction
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Data Addiction

Data addiction is a huge and cascading problem as data increasingly moves toward infinity. Data is valuable, but its value is overestimated. The right data, applied appropriately is useful, but contrary to the prevailing wisdom, having more data doesn’t necessarily Read more…

By Lex, 2 yearsJuly 9, 2023 ago
data recovery
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Data Recovery

Your data is worth nothing.  No, really. When there is so much data available every bit of additional data has diminishing returns. For all the times that new information provides meaningful clarity, there are more times that more information is Read more…

By Lex, 2 yearsJune 28, 2023 ago

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