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When you have a recurring problem – The Daily PPILL #78

When you have a recurring problem – The Daily PPILL #78

You may notice a different tone in this article, a one of hastiness. I was going to publish something different today. But I can’t. As I stand in mourning and astonishment, I cannot help my mind to go where years of engineering, solution selling, and consultancy...
The 36 shot camera roll – The Daily PPILL #73

The 36 shot camera roll – The Daily PPILL #73

If you know me, you also know that I like photography. A lot. When I was just starting college, I once enrolled in a photography elective. We used film at the time (remember that?), and invariable, no matter what the assignment was for the week, our instructor, my...
Two types of MVP – The Daily PPILL #68

Two types of MVP – The Daily PPILL #68

If you google “Frank Robinson MVP”, you’ll find the first Frank Robinson, the outfielder of the Baltimore Orioles, a Most Valuable Player-MVP who was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. He is a great example of what most people in the US...
The future of video – The Daily PPILL #63

The future of video – The Daily PPILL #63

Once just a techie, biz-bro term, to Zoom someone is now part of everybody’s vocabulary. From international state-leaders strategic gatherings to birthday parties, from grandpa visit to virtual sleepovers. For almost every human interaction there has been a...
The Amateur – The Daily PPILL #61

The Amateur – The Daily PPILL #61

We sometimes shun the “amateur”. We tend to think that the “professional”, the one that gets paid for doing the same thing, should be better. We even use the word that way. When something is made to spec, with all the expectations met, we say...
Classic virtualization technology – The Daily PPILL#58

Classic virtualization technology – The Daily PPILL#58

I enjoy doing things with my hands because, besides the satisfaction of producing something tangible, I usually enter a sort of a Zen meditative state while doing so. And my observations about the process many times transcend the task at hand. It occurred to me while...