Each month I try to share something I learned. This month the lesson came from a project I have been close to for years. In 2022, Holland voters approved a bond of up to $30 million, repaid through a millage, to run fiber past every address in the city. I helped make...
For most of my career, the arithmetic of consulting was stable. Work took the time it took, and price tracked effort closely enough that nobody had to think hard about the relationship. AI broke that arithmetic. A deliverable that once cost me three days of assembly...
Building in Economic Development AI “Fallout Shelter” In eighth grade, I built a fallout shelter in my parents’ basement. (Yes, I really did.) I stockpiled my mom’s canned peaches and tomatoes and felt strangely proud of the 30 gallons of “drinkable water”...
February had me reflecting on connection. This month, we celebrated Valentine’s Day, a day devoted to romantic love, and Black History Month, a commemoration of important people, events, and contributions in African-American history, in addition to a handful of other...
I purchased a new MacBook earlier this year, but was dreading the migration process. I needed to clean up and streamline my old MacBook, but I had grown accustomed to where everything was, and the thought of going through all of my files seemed daunting, which made me...
