Category Archives: Technology Trends

Things sure have changed…

Posted on January 10, 2019 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I can remember when companies treated their employees like extended family. Employers realized that making a work environment comfortable encouraged employees to stay longer and work harder. Employees liked going to work everyday and left with a feeling of belonging … Continue reading →

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Personal rights and the Internet of Things

Posted on January 25, 2018 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Last week I received an email from the manufacturer stating that my high tech bathroom scale would no longer support pulse wave velocity. Pulse wave velocity is a measure of the time it takes for blood from your heart to … Continue reading →

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The Virtual Reality

Posted on May 12, 2017 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Over the past three years I have come to rely more and more on virtual machines. Virtual machines allow me to create snapshots of development and product environments that are easy to backup and share with others. What this means … Continue reading →

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Is it time for a general compensation review?

Posted on April 19, 2017 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

It’s been my experience that the quantity of tech jobs tends to cycle between feast and famine. We seem to be entering a feast period where the number of jobs exceeds the number of candidates. Couple that with the fact … Continue reading →

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When to invest in a tech company

Posted on April 13, 2017 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

One could say that I’ve been around the block when it comes to tech companies and start-ups, so a question that I get quite often from investors is “Is this a good investment?” It’s not a really easy question to answer, … Continue reading →

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Real and make believe

Posted on March 31, 2017 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

There’s a song by Three Doors Down that refers to the singers life as containing things that are real and make believe. The Singer is struggling to tell the difference between the two. I suspect that everyone has moments like … Continue reading →

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Retirement?

Posted on March 29, 2017 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

So what does it mean to retire? People have been asking me about retirement for years and my response has always been that I retired in 1981 when I graduated. I actually had a manager at Mitel in the 80’s … Continue reading →

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TechNADA

Posted on March 28, 2017 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I just got back from a quick walk around at today’s TechNADA job fair at the brook street hotel. It reminded me of the early 80’s in that there was good representation from local tech companies and the tech community. … Continue reading →

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Big Thoughts

Posted on June 26, 2016 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

It’s 2:05AM and I find myself wide awake in a Hotel room in Wroclaw Poland with no air conditioning and a squeaky oscillating fan. I managed to sleep off the 12 hour transit during the later afternoon and with a … Continue reading →

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Robotic trash pickup?

Posted on September 26, 2015 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

A few years ago the movie Wall-E highlighted what we have to look forward to as the world slowly devolves into a giant garbage dump. Wall-E was a garbage disposal robot that was left behind to clean up the mess. … Continue reading →

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