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Building and running a Data and AI-driven news-media organization

Building and running a Data and AI-driven news-media organization — this slide deck covers the lessons learned from the last 3 years and the key areas for building and running a data and ai-driven news-media organization. Building and running a Data and AI-driven…

ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Important guidelines on professional conduct for our Industry… — The revised Code of Ethics addresses the significant advances in computing technology since the 1992 version, as well as the growing pervasiveness of computing in all aspects of society. 1. GENERAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES. A…

The Wizard (Uriah Heep)

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…

Media Publishing Transformation in the Digital Era (Slide deck)

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…

Dissecting React Native (Nov 2018)

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…

One year ago today, Hurricane María

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…

Objective-C, Working with Protocols, and Law enforcement officials

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…

Successful Product Management

(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…

Designing for unintended consequences (Open Profile)

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…

Moody Alexa and the Voice War

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…