An appeal for all of us to use the light of reason to expose falsehoods and act accordingly.
The Light of Truth: Sharpening Our Focus
April 16th, 2022 Comments Off on The Light of Truth: Sharpening Our Focus
Tags: falsehood · information · light of truth · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · technology · truth
Skirmishing with the Cube: Join the Resistance
January 22nd, 2022 Comments Off on Skirmishing with the Cube: Join the Resistance
Battling the Borg Reincarnated! Join the resistance.
Tags: digital technology · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Resistance is futile · technology · The Borg
Michael’s Really Useful Technology Wish List
February 6th, 2021 Comments Off on Michael’s Really Useful Technology Wish List
A tongue in cheek wish list of technology I would part with my hard earned money to acquire.
Tags: Lotto Max Dream Coach · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Sportsnet Life Coach · steam roller · technology
Still the Spark of Ignition after 156 Years
December 1st, 2018 Comments Off on Still the Spark of Ignition after 156 Years
Slightly tongue-in-cheek look at an invention that has endured for 156 years.
Tags: Charles Mingus · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · spark plug · technology
Cyber Security, Password Paranoia and Albino Monkeys
January 28th, 2017 Comments Off on Cyber Security, Password Paranoia and Albino Monkeys
Hmmm, isn’t technology supposed to save us time and make us more productive? I’m starting to question that concept. With all the cyber security doors I have to pass through, password paranoia and the unrelenting barrage of e-mails, I think we have crossed a threshold where the law of diminishing returns kicked in. A typical […]
Tags: cyber security. password · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · technology · user name
Chrysler, Ford and GM – Is That Google in Your Rear View Mirror?
March 12th, 2016 Comments Off on Chrysler, Ford and GM – Is That Google in Your Rear View Mirror?
A half lighthearted, half serious look at the implications of self-driving vehicles and the motivations behind them.
Tags: Apple · autonomous vehicle · Chrysler · Ford · GM · Google · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · self-driving car · technology · Uber
Battling the Buzz in an Email Obsessed World
November 1st, 2014 Comments Off on Battling the Buzz in an Email Obsessed World
Can’t live with it. Can’t live without it. What is an e-mail addict to do?
Tags: Baby Boomer · email · Generation X · Generation Y · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · technology
Summer Solstice: Scientific Inspiration for a Symbolic Revolution
June 22nd, 2014 Comments Off on Summer Solstice: Scientific Inspiration for a Symbolic Revolution
A lesson for our on-the-run society embedded in the science of summer solstice
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · running · stand still · summer solstice · technology · turn off
Nirvana, Supercharged Widgets and the Technological Generation Gap
February 22nd, 2014 Comments Off on Nirvana, Supercharged Widgets and the Technological Generation Gap
A theoretical conversation that attempts, without success, to bridge the technological generation gap.
Tags: generation gap · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · nirvana · technology · widgets
Octocopters, Early Adopters and the Worm in the Bottle
December 14th, 2013 2 Comments
Taking issue with the “because we can” rationale that technology mavens fall back on for forever pushing forward our horizons.
Tags: Amazon · Canada Post · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · octocopters · technology · The Big Bang Theory