by John Macdonald | Feb 14, 2026 | AI, Human, The250
The first modern labor unions popped up in Britain in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. They were groups of wage workers in the new factory economy bargaining collectively for better economic terms and better working conditions. They felt taken advantage... by John Macdonald | Feb 13, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
When I was a young engineer, I programmed on a test system that provided 128 lines of program space. That was it. You had 128 lines of code. Make it work. By the way, that smart light bulb that Alexa can turn on and off? That has about 25,000 lines of code. That’s... by John Macdonald | Feb 12, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
I first posted some AI dominance stats in 2024. It’s now early 2026, and AI is still — if not even more — dominating the zeitgeist. Here are some new stats: By 2030, AI will displace around 92 million jobs, but create 170 million new ones. AI (still) projects to... by John Macdonald | Feb 11, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
They are anybody you serve. Your customer. The test team. The developers. The sales team. The program manager. Your spouse. Your kids. Your neighbor. It’s not always about them, and you may not be able to give everybody what they want. But it’s always worth... by John Macdonald | Feb 10, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
No, not that swamp. The swamp of everything is urgent, they’re all number one priority, and we don’t have enough resources. The inbox overflows. Every meeting requires two more meetings. Nobody can push back. You can’t even figure out what the real highest priority is...