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Explaining complex ideas in simple ways.Also, you think too much.
autopoiesis (noun; au•to•poi•e•sis).
Nature self-organizes at all levels of scale in a large number of interacting units - from the very simplest to the most complex. These complex adaptive systems are present in all forms of nature, including human nature.
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Storage Short Take #50
Out-of-Sequence Short Take\n\nNext week is the 2022 SNIA Storage Developer Conference, and there’s a very strong possibility that I’ll not have much of a chance to update the Short Take items as I’ll be on-site...
Storage Short Take #49
Miss me?\n\nI took a much-needed vacation and so this short take is about a week late. Of course, it just so happens to be the week where a lot of stuff happens, so I’ll try...
In Defense of the Flash Memory Summit (FMS)
On August 22, Storage Newsletter published an article written by Jean Jacques Maleval that accused the 2022 Flash Memory Summit as being “deceptive.” This is a very serious accusation. The Newsletter sent it out in its...
Storage Short Take #48
How’s Your Appetite for Controversy?\n\nAs if the announcements of Flash Memory Summit weren’t enough (there’s a lot to consume!), the industry is full of drama over the past couple of weeks. Nutanix has stepped in...
Storage Short Take #47
A Minor Memo For LinkedIn Requests\n\nLinkedIn spam has gotten pretty bad. But as this Short Take will be published just before the 2022 Flash Memory Summit, I’ll say it here in case someone has a...
Storage Short Take #46
So Much News, So Little Time!\n\nSometimes the weeks go by uneventfully. Sometimes it’s packed with news and updates. It just so happens that this Short Take is more the latter than the former. As always,...
Review: I Think We’re Alone Now (2018)
I Think We’re Alone Now isn’t a bad movie, per se. It has its moments of great potential, so perhaps its greatest sin is that it never has the bravery to tackle some of the subject...
Storage Short Take #45
Unintended Consequences of Good Intentions\n\nWell, I made a little mistake this week. I put a post on LinkedIn saying that I was willing to promote independent bloggers by including them in my Storage Short Take....
Storage Short Take #44
Striving for Independence!\n\nA lengthy one today. I’m trying to find more independent sources of news, rather than just the press releases that many vendors put out. If you happen to know of anyone who is writing...
Worst Nightmare
Photo by David Spiers on Unsplash\n\nThe thing about dreams is that there’s no way to tell what they’re like for anyone else. Trying to explain what happens in your dreams seems nearly impossible, as words...
Storage Short Take #43
A short one this time…\n\nAs always, links were active at the time of publication.\n\nStorage Media and Technology\n\nHere’s another article on using liquid media for storage capacity. Interestingly, there’s no discussion about the effect of temperature...
Storage Short Take #42
Back With Another Short Take\n\nAfter a much needed rest, we’re back with another Storage Short Take. But, first things first. In case you missed it, I’m very pleased to have been selected as a “Top...