2023: The Year Ahead and Beyond

2023: The Year Ahead and Beyond

This month I experienced a glimpse of the future of Artificial Intelligence when using ChatGPT’s OpenAI platform. The following article was written by a chatbot algorithm when I typed in the following instruction: “Write an article about social, technological,...
Lessons from the World of Politics

Lessons from the World of Politics

What is politics and why should I care? For me, it all started a few weeks ago when I became interested in supporting a tax referendum. On August 2, Holland residents will vote on a millage for Holland City Fiber to install city-wide fiber optic infrastructure for the...
The Adventure Continues

The Adventure Continues

For those who may have missed it, last month’s article described my pending knee replacement. On April 11th,  I underwent surgery to replace my right knee. What I learned in the process of this phase is that it takes an army of people to support this effort. First and...
A.G.E.

A.G.E.

While sitting in the waiting room at the orthopedic surgeon, I had a conversation with an older gentleman who said he was suffering from an illness called A.G.E., and I was thinking I can relate to that! I was waiting for an appointment to discuss my joint replacement...
Developing Your Skills with MasterClass

Developing Your Skills with MasterClass

A couple years ago, I invested in a subscription to the streaming platform MasterClass. The service offers online classes from world-renowned professionals that are considered some of the best in their field of work. An annual subscription grants you access to over...