Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey

We just returned from a lovely 2 weeks vacation in south Italy. It was part of the celebration of my wife’s birthday and also to attend a fantasy wedding of a friend. The journey brought us slowly down south as we move towards the island of Pantelleria – the southwestern tip of Italy. We landed…

I am now at another reflection point in my halftime journey. I want to take stock of what I have done and decide on what is next on my plate. It is also timely because I will be heading for a lovely trip to South Italy with my better half to attend a fantasy wedding…

It must be age, but I think I get pissed off more easily nowadays. I see that in friends around my age group too. Sometimes I bite my tongue, a few times I do snap back at them. I try to count my blessings and let things pass, but some days it stays with me…

Social Media Analytics (SOMA) is the science of analyzing the sentiment of social media, to measure the current pulse of a particular topic in reference to what the online world is talking about. In order to do that, the computer requires Natural Language Processing (NLP) skills in order to make sense of the numerous messages…

This week has been a memorable one for 2 back to back reunions with friends I have made over my 28 years of working life, of which I spent the bulk of it with one company alone. During those 19 years in the American bank, I worked in 3 different roles and headed the teams for…

That is the mantra of Trumpism, built from many years of survival instinct in the business world, where you are only as good as your last success. You have your 15 minutes of fame and you make the best use of it. Nobody remembers a loser, so aim to go for a win (me) -lose…

Other than the brain, I believe that the asshole is the most important organ in the body. This organ is not the most well known in the medical world and methods to treat it are still the same for many years. Did you hear of this joke yet? http://www.channels.nl/knowledge/33188.html There is a good reason why I bring this…

Caught a movie on my Netflix account earlier this week. It was a documentary made in 2017 that I wanted to watch for a while but I thought that it would be dry and boring. I was amazed that the built up suspense was very good and its implications were mind-blowing. AlphaGo was the AI (Artificial…