Cloudless With A Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs The animated movie and children’s book of that title is an amusing tale and I thought it was fun. In the movie adaptation, according to IMDB.com, “A local scientist is often regarded as a failure until he invents a machine that can make food fall from the sky. But […]
One Chance
One Chance Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus While this article was primarily discussing a new product offering, I found two interesting points. One of the greatest truths in cybersecurity is that defenders need to be right all the time, while cybercriminals only need […]
Hand Wringing
Hand Wringing Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus Sometimes when people think about a dystopian future, they think about robots taking over, like this member of the Facebook community. There is the fear that as robots get more intelligent and gain more abilities, they will […]
I’m Afraid We No Longer Need You
I’m Afraid We No Longer Need You Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus You may have heard these words at one time or another in your career. I have heard them twice. I was at one company for 28 years. Early in my […]
Good News, Bad News
Good News, Bad News Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus We all probably have had one of those conversations that starts with the question “Do you want the good news or the bad news first?”. There is the old joke: Do you want […]
Trust Me
Trust Me Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus I was listening to a talk the other day about trust. It brought home how often we exercise trust without even a conscious thought about doing it. We get into an elevator and we trust […]
Number One
Number One Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus What comes to mind when you hear ‘Number One’? Perhaps it is a position to be sought after. If you are a Star Trek: Next Generation fan, perhaps you think of the character Will Riker. […]
Hitting The Century Mark
Hitting The Century Mark Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus This is the 100th blog I’ve written for Ashton. The sales and marketing wizard over there (you know who you are) suggested that I might look back and see what has changed over the five […]
What’s My Login?
What’s My Login? Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus From 1950 to 1967 there was a quiz show called “What’s my line?”. There was a panel that tried to guess the occupation of the guest. The panel could only ask questions that elicit a Yes […]
The Eyes Have It
The Eyes Have It Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus I have started this blog off with an error. Did you catch it? If you don’t get involved in voting by voice on issues, you may not see the problem. The word in the title […]
