by John Macdonald | Nov 13, 2024 | The250
Nothing. The data is just data. It says nothing. It’s your history, experiences, and worldview that project your voice onto and into the data. It seems like the data is talking, but it’s really you. And that’s a good thing because the story emerges...
by John Macdonald | Nov 12, 2024 | The250
Imagine you invent, design, and introduce a new product. You’ve built a startup company around this product. You build some prototypes and get some alpha testers on board. This process teaches you that your widget isn’t ready. You have some fundamental...
by John Macdonald | Nov 11, 2024 | The250
Plate spinning looks like magic. The juggler’s art of plate spinning originated in China during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 9 AD) and then migrated into Western circus acts around the 1300s. The first instructional book on plate...
by John Macdonald | Nov 10, 2024 | The250
“Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world” MIT News Umm, how about a big, giant, 4th-grade, “No, duh!” Of course, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent...
by John Macdonald | Nov 9, 2024 | The250
I’m an advocate for uncovering nuance and recognizing complexity. Real solutions rarely come in the form of sound bites. Real solutions take digging in, uncovering the complexity, and taking it on. But also, simpler is better. Simpler means easily understood,...
