Tech Simple

I have been in so-called high-tech for more than 25 years, and I’ve worked with labor and time-saving software and hardware—and I’ve wasted a lot of time, too, often laboring long days and weeks with little to show for it outside of that ephemeral favorite, the wisdom of experience.

This blog is my celebration of the adage: Keep it simple, stupid. I intend to apply this discipline to technical challenges low and high, in a way that's both clear and entertaining.

We all have to find ways not only to understand the technology that surrounds us, but to bend it to our will, to be masters of our time and talent, and protect our most valuable asset: our time.

Welcome to you, I hope you find the information I post here useful.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Nothing Is a Closed System

I find the intentions of "open systems" compared to "closed systems" fascinating.  Proprietary Apple is airtight compared to Windows which is locked-down compared to free-ranging Linux and others.  I was recently struck by an article by acting coach Anthony Meindl.  It made me think of computer code from a fresh angle:
If you look at your life, the tremendous amount of effort you had to exert to overcome obstacles and get to where you are today speaks of the possibility of your spirit. But it also shows that nothing is a closed system. Nothing. To think otherwise is to limit something that is limitless. That is—you.
Next time we run up against the limits of proprietary code, we might appreciate our strengths, and leverage our creativity to triumph over closed-mindedness.  Not encouraging hacking here, just resourcefulness.
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