The first exposure I had to the term, “geomentoring,” was about almost two years ago. Conferences tend to be little more than large accumulations of people who passionately disclose to conference-goers how their innovative bit of plastic and germanium is awesome and their competitors competing product is shit. But, if one can go to sub-conference…
Is GIS splitting? And if it is, should we care? Early in November 2014 I ran across a tweet asking “Is GIS Splitting?” Several thoughts collided in my brain when I saw this question, even more added to the crashing of light-bulbs in my head when I read the post. I had literally just left…
King and Maxwell, by David Baldacci. Grand Central Publishing; Hachette Book Group. 2013. p523. $10 I’m probably guilty of generalizing too often, though in this case my generalization may actually be safe. I may be one of a mere handful of people who had never read a David Baldacci book. He even visited one of…
I’ve been one of these for about 16 years. This essay is simply my experience. Speak to another GIS SysAdmin and there will be some overlap, and some unique and peculiar stories, I’m sure. I’m only hitting some high points. Comments are certainly both welcome and appreciated, as always. Computers have been a part of…
For as prescient as Gene Roddenberry was in Star Trek: The Original Series, the presence of robots was remarkably absent. Later, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, robots rarely appeared as regular every devices. Sure, there was Data, and his brother, Lore, and then later the Borg were introduced, but there were never robots swerving…
I’m probably wrong. I’m often wrong. Especially my choice of words. I think of words as Legos, Erector Sets, and Lincoln Logs. If the message is not confirmed on the initial creation, then tear the prose apart and rebuild. The design might need updating, reworking, perfecting, but the context may not change, simply the content.…
Constant Geography 
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