

Happy Birthday Ada!
It's the birthday of Ada Lovelace the first computer programmer today and reading the New Yorker magazine's typically well written...

the spanitis blogger
Dec 13, 2016


WTF is AI? Good question!
StartFragment Everybody's talking about AI but sadly nobody cares to tell us what it actually is. At last a commentator has come along...

the spanitis blogger
Dec 5, 2016


AI - the reality?
IBM and MIT are going to try to advance AI together. A commentator notes that .... "One of the biggest challenges will be to advance...

the spanitis blogger
Sep 21, 2016


Blockchain Dreams Encounter Reality
WOW!!! Accenture is patenting technology for editing transactions that are held in "permissioned" blockchains! For "permissioned" we can...

OLTP Head
Sep 20, 2016


2016's Most Overhyped Technology
The FT today has an article about bots which designates them as the most overhyped technology of 2016. Amen to that. Not that they won't...

The Ranter
Sep 20, 2016


Advertising Agency On The Offensive
Advertising company Facebook is now deploying more and more resources to make sure its customer's products reach their target audience...

the spanitis blogger
Sep 19, 2016


Advertising Agencies Rule The World
Why do so many commentators insist on referring to Google and Facebook as technology companies when they are both advertising agencies?...

The Ranter
Aug 6, 2016


Windows 10 - The Emperor's New Clothes?
I actually like Windows 10 and think it's potentially a very good platform but ..... Microsoft's ethos still seems to derive from its...

OLTP Head
Apr 11, 2016


Final word on blockchains
It seems that blockchain hype is beginning to encounter a bit of reality as exemplified by Matt Gault's recent posting. With one...

OLTP Head
Feb 4, 2016


Adblock blocked! What a surprise
Apparently the advertising agency Google has removed the Adblock Fast app from Google Play. What a surprise!

the spanitis blogger
Feb 4, 2016


























