Raspberry Pi’s Price Hike: When the Bargain Stops Being a Bargain
Chris Sullivan
The Raspberry Pi used to be the computing equivalent of finding money in your jacket pocket. A fully functional computer for thirty bucks? Sounds like someone made a clerical error…
Chris Sullivan
Docker: Why Everyone’s Still Getting It Wrong
Look, I’ve been in IT long enough to watch Docker go from “revolutionary technology that will change everything” to “yeah, we’re using containers now, whatever.” And you know what? That…
The Grandparent Scam: Why We Keep Falling for It (And What Actually Stops It)
A man in Newfoundland and Labrador just walked out of court without doing prison time for scamming seniors out of thousands of dollars. Charles Gillen played a key role in…
Why Wildlife Camera Vulnerabilities Matter More Than You Think
A national park recently made headlines when trail cameras captured images of leopards—a genuinely rare sighting. Wildlife officials were stunned. The public was delighted. And I sat there thinking about…
When Geopolitics Breaks Your Supply Chain: What We’re Not Talking About
I’ve been in IT long enough to know that most people don’t think about supply chains until something breaks. Then suddenly everyone’s an expert. We’re seeing that play out right…
Why AI Is Making Cybersecurity Investors Nervous (And Why They Might Be Onto Something)
Markets hate uncertainty. So when AI started making headlines—not just as this year’s golden child, but as a potential threat to existing security models—cybersecurity stocks took a hit. Fair or…
Docker and Commitment: What Foster Parents Can Teach Us About Long-Term Technology Decisions
I read a story this morning about Michael and Marilyn, a couple in their seventies who’ve been foster parents for 50 years. They’ve looked after 336 children. No retirement plans.…
Why We Need to Stop Confusing Entertainment with Actual Cyber Warfare
I’ve been working in IT long enough to see the term “cyber war” mean about seventeen different things depending on who’s using it and what they’re trying to sell you.…
Why Marshall and Intuit’s Cyber Defense Training Center Actually Matters
Let me be straight with you: I’ve been in IT long enough to watch every vendor, university, and startup under the sun launch some kind of “cutting-edge training program” that…
Why Jira Still Can’t Beat a Spreadsheet (And What That Says About Project Management)
I’ve been in IT long enough to watch Excel spreadsheets survive every project management apocalypse that comes along. Seriously. We’ve had Jira, Asana, Monday.com, Trello, and a dozen other tools…