A View From The Crow's Nest

I did not realize how incredibly EASY it is to now run LLMs locally on your computer! Two simple steps: 1 – Go to Ollama.com and download/install the app for Mac, Windows, or Linux. 2 – Open a terminal / command shell window and run whatever LLM you want (from Ollama’s list). So to run…

As 2025 begins, I thought I’d climb up into the crow’s nest and share what I am paying attention to as this new year starts. Some of these are technologies, while others are policy areas or overall trends that have been emerging over the past few years. Resilience As I wrote about in my last…

Climbing back up into the crow’s nest and turning the spyglass toward the southeastern United States, it’s hard to escape the utter devastation caused by the cascading effects of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. The photos are unbelievable. The stories are heartbreaking. The recovery costs will be enormous. And the people responding are amazing! (And…