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The Demons in the Machine
Meet an Artificial Intelligence There’s an AI in a game I like to play. I’ve been playing this game for a few years: cute animations, fun puzzles, just enough to distract my brain. Except lately, I’ve been distracted by the way the AI is changing the game. About a year ago, the developer decided to…
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7 Things Every Author Website Needs
I’m expecting my first grandchild in a few days. When I hold her in my arms for the first time, I’m not going to be judging her ability to run a marathon or write novels. I’m going to be happy if she looks up at me. If I keep our first encounter simple, connected, and…
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5 Reasons Why Authors Need a Website
We’ve all heard that writers need a website, but why? When I ask writers why they want a website, they say: When we don’t know why we need a website, it is hard to use it effectively. A website isn’t supposed to be something you put on a shelf and dust off occasionally. A website…
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Words Matter
I’ve just had a discussion with someone in the technology industry – a discussion about words, specifically an industry standard technology term that they feel has no emotional context. We were talking about the sorting of data into “good” and “bad” – the good being the “whitelist” and the bad being the “blacklist.” Now remember,…
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Political Parley
Parley (noun): “a conference between opposing sides in a dispute, especially a discussion of terms for an armistice.” Oxford English Dictionary If you can’t handle one more political rant, please skip this post, and know that I respect your decision. I can’t handle one more political rant. Throughout this post, I suspect many of you…
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Three Tips for Surviving the Apocalypse
Never wear red. Red attracts zombies, aliens, and police cars. Yellow and blue are much safer color choices. Don’t split the party. Keep your family close. Pool your resources. Watch each others’ backs. Look up. Spiders, aliens, and monsters attack from above. No one ever looks up. This is where the scary things hide. If…
