Elwin Loomis

Self Care

"Remember that chocolate commercial" She said, "In a bubble bath, a glass of wine on the ledge, a person unwraps a chocolate bar That is how I viewed Self Care. But you know If I did this every day, I wouldn’t be healthy Real self care are the ha...

Ah HA! AI!

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Would I work for this person?

"When interviewing, No matter what position, I consider "Would I work _for_ this person" If my answer is ‘no’, I suggest a pass. " Continued the executive, "I have shared this philosophy with the entire team. All agree it’s a rarely played trump c...

Dreams

He suddenly realized He arrived at that point in life Where he dreamed less of the future And more of the past --- Friday Thoughts: I stopped posting my story/poems every Friday for a while; I felt that I was slacking on my serious ...

Billion Dollar Ideas

"I don’t want million dollar ideas, Bring me billion dollar ones" Said a leader, 8 years ago. I replied, "With a few million dollar ideas; you’ll discover a billion dollar one. I’ve had billion dollar ideas; they came from a stable of million dollar...

Retire the language of the past.

Prior to speaking to a group, a friend walked with me and said "Elwin, some advice; don’t use the words IT, or Enterprise here. The team will assume that you come from places that are old, big, dumb and slow - I know this is not you nor the way you w...

Synchronous/Asynchronous

Synchronous/Asynchronous Terms once used by us tech nerds Are now becoming mainstream (thanks pandemic). A better understanding of the concept will help us create better hybrid work and learning environments. Synchronous: happens at the same time. Asy...

Augmented Reality Audio

All my life I have had hearing problems, but only now does it seem like life is moving me towards a hearing aid. Interestingly enough MN is a hub of engineering expertise around the science of hearing augmentation. Talking to these brilliant nerds, I ...

The answer: love.

The answer is "Love" Dereck Vanlandingham called me into the conversation on this post by Stefan van Oirschot in the comments Basically he asked 'how would you go about creating a shared experience around the enterprise's customer" On one layer the ...

Reflections 2021

Reflecting on the year Behind us, and in front of us. I have often failed at #newyearsresolution . I make a good set, I give myself a good swift motivational kick, but come the next year I find that the behavior trailed off. The motivation didn’t for...