by John Macdonald | May 27, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
A chicken with no head isn’t thinking. Its muscles and nerves are firing due to stored energy. The spinal cord just randomly triggers until that stored energy runs out. There is no rhyme or reason. No purpose. Plus, that energy runs out quickly. Running around like a... by John Macdonald | May 26, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
AI agents overshare. They create more documents, more paragraphs, more explanations, and more words. And if they’re writing code, they create more code, more comments, more tests, and more review items. More, more, more. So much so that you can’t help but say, to... by John Macdonald | May 25, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
It feels good to have everyone on board. And that’s the right thing to do sometimes. But also, real change might require pushing through when not everyone is on board. In fact, you might want to look for the kind of change that not everyone is on board with. Somebody... by John Macdonald | May 24, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
The models, they are a-changin’. Therefore, I’ve updated the ”How to Talk to AI” page. Some terminology: The term “frontier model” is just fancy AI-speak for “the latest model.” The one’s that OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google announce in the press. Enjoy. Share this:... by John Macdonald | May 23, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
Most people expected that LED lighting would lead to a significant reduction in global lighting power consumption. Why wouldn’t you? Seems reasonable. The Occam’s Razor outcome. A 60W incandescent bulb costs about $10 a year to run versus $1 for a similar LED version....