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11 Aug, 2025 The Rise of Tools
Thoughts on the evolution of generative AI from foundational models to tools and the Model Context Protocol
29 Jun, 2025 The FT grapples with AI over lunch
Reflecting on Emily Bender's Financial Times interview about AI hype and reality.
28 Jun, 2025 Two videos on the perils of generative AI
John Oliver on AI slop and philosopher John Tasioulas on AI threats and benefits.
25 Jun, 2025 New site design
Migrating from Wordpress to Hugo with a clean console theme and custom archive pages.
15 Oct, 2018 CTO Introduction to “From Vanguard to Vision”
Opening talk for Adobe EduMax 2018 session on digital transformation at UC Berkeley.
26 Sep, 2018 Halfway Digital (CSG)
Talk on digital transformation challenges
26 Sep, 2018 The Art of Retiring IT Services (CSG)
Presentation on strategies for retiring legacy IT services
30 Apr, 2018 CTO Introduction to UC Berkeley's Mobile Platform (Arts+Design Mobile Think Tank)
Overview of Berkeley's mobile platform presented at Arts+Design 2018 Mobile Think Tank.
26 Apr, 2017 Cloud Ready: A Cloud Strategy for the Rest Of Us (Internet2 Global Summit)
Session on practical cloud adoption strategies from Internet2 Global Summit 2017.
20 Jan, 2017 Singularization, or What The Art of Basquiat Tells Us about the Consumerization & Commoditization of IT (CSG)
Exploring IT consumerization and commoditization through the lens of Basquiat's art.
28 Oct, 2016 Goodbye Datacenter, Hello Cloud (Educause)
Presentation on transitioning from datacenters to cloud infrastructure from EDUCAUSE 2016.
13 Jan, 2016 Security in the Cloud @ UC Berkeley (CSG)
Expanded cloud security presentation from Common Solutions Group meeting in Houston.
16 Jan, 2015 Short Discussion: Cloud Security @ UC Berkeley (CSG)
Presentation on cloud security practices at UC Berkeley for Common Solutions Group.
14 Jan, 2015 Moving To Continuous (DevOps and the Berkeley Desktop) (CSG)
Talk on DevOps and continuous delivery for the Berkeley Desktop at UC Berkeley.
06 May, 2011 Breaking Through the Barriers to Enterprise Standardization, Without All the Pain (Educause)
Presentation on enterprise IT standardization from EDUCAUSE 2011 conference.