Articles for category: Drive

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

Does Boxing Day Still Exist?

I never got up at 5 am to go stand in line for Boxing Day. Too many crowds, all immediate purchases, not enough browse time. I remember the first year you could buy “online” for Boxing Day – I bought a phone online before we sat down for dinner on XMAS – no lines, no early mornings, just a cup of tea and the internet. And that’s the day Boxing Day just became another day off for me to do anything else.  

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Cycle of Acceptance

We started the year with “AI is here”. Between April and October – “AI can do it all for you, and it’s coming for your job”. Between November and now – “Maybe it can’t do it all and don’t give it to the keys just yet.” We have proven that AI is a junior developer starting out in the world – they are here with all the excitement and anticipation of doing a great job, they try to do it all, taking on everything that comes their way, and then you look at the code and go – “that’s not

Finding Someone to Keep Up

When you’re younger, everyone is pushing you to keep up It’s an all-out assault on the senses as every person you meet is giving you advice on what you should and shouldn’t do. There is a big push to keep up as there are invariably more people ahead of you then behind (its just numbers). Finding someone to keep up with is easy; even in professional circles, there are many, many places for you to look. Eventually, things shift as more people try to keep up with you, and the pressure wanes as you no longer need to keep up

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

What would you make your Agent do?

I love this definition of an AI agent today – “Brilliant, but lacks expertise.” This is 100% how I see AI agents today. I found this video interesting, if only because it gave a non-hyped version of agents. You wouldn’t hire a developer to manage your network, and that’s the same way you should approach the development of your agents – one size does not fit all.

Who’s the Real Expert?

If you want to rank who is an expert in your company from 1 to n, you might be surprised where you land. This happens because we invariably rank ourselves in the context of the skills that we have, and not the skills that we need to have and/or don’t have. I.e., when you rank yourself, you’re ranking yourself against your own yardstick, not everyone else’s. Who sits at the top might surprise you because it’s not a skill that would lead you to think of being an expert in the company. What’s this all to say? You’re not an