Mexico City       I used to joke about Google, Facebook, and their lot whenever I was having a problem of one sort or another, maybe like a two-hour detour in Honduras on a dirt road using Google Maps or a creepy message on FB, saying that, “Hey, we live in their world.”  Once it …

            New Orleans       When it comes to Big Tech these days, we live in their world, and they are constantly putting that fact right in our faces.  Their mission seems to be to make every day Halloween.  If you want their treat, though it might seem freely offered, there’s a trick somewhere embedded in …

            New Orleans       Remember the old saw, “how come, if you’re so smart, you aren’t rich?”  These days, we need to update that question and restate it as, “how come you’re so rich that you aren’t smarter?” When you read about all the tech bros who are heavy breathers about Ayn Rand and her …