What technology brings, or not…
Once upon a time, eons ago, in the 90s, humanity finally had the support it deserved to store its records. For ever. Or so suggested the advertisements. Away with self-erasing VHS tapes, begone mpeg-1 pixelated VCDs, to the museum, the 30 cm-wide laser discs. Don’t forget to recycle these K7....
We all use(d) third party software, privately or business-wise. Whether for taxes, HR, private banking or accountancy, nothing escapes digitalisation. Our smartphones and cars are loaded with software to which we entrust nothing less than our lives. Tomorrow, AI will connect the missing dots for our governments, our businesses and...
4000 UK sub postmasters had to repay funds that never went missing in the first place, 900 were convicted of theft, jail time for many and at least 4 suicides. The prosecution of these UK Post Office sub postmasters may have been a direct result of corporate greed, personal incompetence,...
Legacy software are these awkward pieces of software you inherit, cannot get rid of and eventually slowly rot at the heart of your system. The ones that are essential, and yet date from the years when punch cards, optical readers and switch-boards were the cutting edge of IT. Yes, and...
Disclaimer: this article was neither suggested, written nor corrected by any AI. Actually, ChatGPT desperately tried to prevent me from writing it, either because it is that uninteresting or because it is disturbing its masterplan to dominate the world (/cue evil cackle). Freewill in action. Here goes nothing. Nostradamus predicted...
Or how I learnt to stop worrying and started loving ChatGPT Technology is the future. The future is technology. I was born, raised with this vision, this mantra. It has been a fact for most of our lives, regardless of generation. Not anymore. After despondently flicking through articles, ads, conference...
Your attention is up for grabs. Your customers, your employer, your employees, the authorities, products, information, entertainment, all vie for a piece of it. Everyone wants a piece of your time. As the competition for attention intensified, what could have a been a better way to win than to get...
Once upon a time, physical boundaries were clear and established. Then artists started playing with conventional perceptions. Falstaff talks directly to the audience in Shakespeare. Greek actors play from within the audience. Art has always played on conventional perceptions and boundaries, making fantasy spill out into the audience’s reality. This...
To maximise revenue opportunities, core agreements on exchange values are needed that go beyond the financial instruments existing today. A present-day Bretton Woods conference to agree the basic principles and mechanisms of the metaverse in all its financial aspects.
The metaverse will decide what you can do, where you can go and what you can see. It will make your reality tailor-made. It will set your access rights. As the metaverse will merge all digital and physical realities, checks and balances are needed.
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