Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
He was the wizard of a thousand kings And I chanced to meet him one night wandering He told me tales, and he drank my wine Me and my magic man kinda feelin’ fine He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire And as he spoke, I felt a deep desire To free … Read more
The majority of the news media companies have realized that they need to digitally transform. The driver? Falling revenue. Many use cases and strategies are being discussed in the industry, from better audience engagement, funnels, the use of emails and newsletters, and the use of data. But execution is where the rubber meets the road, … Read more
Check out my most recent article “Dissecting React Native” recently published at the IBM Developer website. This article introduces you to React Native, an open source framework by Facebook, that has become quite popular. In this article, I cover how to get started with React Native, a framework for hybrid mobile app development, and the core … Read more
One year ago today (9/19/2018), Hurricane María was getting closer and closer to #PuertoRico. While the actual landfall of the hurricane’s eye occurred on 9/20/17, as you can see from the video that I took below, its effects were being felt already. I lived through #HurricaneMaria and it was madness… New video · Tuesday, Sep … Read more
It is interesting the first paragraph of Working with Protocols (from Apple’s Developer Website, Programming with Objective-C). Is Apple making a point? :-) Working with Protocols In the real world, people on official business are often required to follow strict procedures when dealing with certain situations. Law enforcement officials, for example, are required to “follow protocol” when … Read more
(Source: Watching Kung Fu) Successful Product Management (PM) requires earning the trust of others, ownership and proactiveness, and great discipline. The day-to-day of a PM goes beyond product vision and definition, and business-related activities. The main job of a product manager owner is to deliver a strong product to market, and managing the product’s complete … Read more
When designing a feature, application, solution or platform, its unintended consequences must be considered as part of the design. I have noticed a large increase in the number of unsolicited InMail messages on LinkedIn. As a side note, I also recently added LinkedIn Premium. While researching this I noticed that there is a feature on … Read more
It was a Sunday morning, and I was watering the front yard. To time the watering, I had a timer running on my Echo Show. But I was preempted with another task, and I didn’t want to leave the timer running and going off if no one was going to be around anyways, so I … Read more
In Media and Journalism, content is King, but today, having good content is not enough. Having unique content is much better, but still, it’s not enough. The journey towards Digital content and revenue can be complex as it requires the right people and teams, the right mindset, and the tech, software, and data, which altogether … Read more
Digital transformation means that organizations need to become software-driven. The Low/No-Code (L/NC) approach to software development, a point-and-click, drag-and-drop or configuration-based approach to creating applications, aims to disrupt how this transformation takes place. In this essay, I cover two perspectives on Low/No-Code: the organization and the developer’s perspective. From the organization’s perspective, L/NC is about … Read more