Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

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  • Viodi View – 04/28/24

    Viodi View – 04/28/24

    Is it possible to ever see the entire picture, particularly when it comes to a person? Slices are all we see and hear. It has been Viodi’s privilege to capture and document small slices of people’s lives. Most of Viodi’s articles and videos deal with the professional aspect of what an individual is doing in…

  • Viodi View – 02/28/25

    Viodi View – 02/28/25

    The theme of a couple of the articles in this issue of the Viodi View is the integration of human and machine. In both cases, if the machines’ directions are off by just a fraction, it could lead to a bad outcome. A 25-minute conversation with Google’s Gemini inspired the first article. Unfortunately, Gemini did…

  • Viodi View – 01/25/25

    Viodi View – 01/25/25

    CES2025 – Tech Breaking Down Barriers Using machines to leverage human capabilities was the theme of ViodiTV coverage of CES2025. The more than 25 interviews that touch upon this theme will be published throughout 2025. In the meantime, the following video and text summary, produced with the aid of a machine, highlights three of the…

  • Viodi View – 12/28/24

    Viodi View – 12/28/24

    The soft crackle and the warm glow of the fireplaces provided the appropriate holiday touch. The desk agent was friendly, professional, and responsive. As might be expected in Silicon Valley, this hotel experience was delivered via broadband and high-resolution displays. The “screens everywhere” future seen at CES2007 is today’s reality. And Gary Johnson’s advice from…

  • Viodi View – 11/30/24

    Viodi View – 11/30/24

    Are websites a metaphor for human life? Does the baggage associated with maintenance, sap the energy required to create new content? The long and short of it is that if you can’t read these words on the Viodi website, there is still an issue with excessive Inode (Index-node) usage. Just like natural human wear and…

  • Virtual Vengeance – Today’s Reality

    Virtual Vengeance – Today’s Reality

    Note: This book review is dedicated to the late John P. Messmer: a voracious reader, outstanding engineer, and stand-up guy with an enormous heart. Paying homage to Messmer’s book-a-day reading habit, this reviewer read Virtual Vengeance in a day. It was refreshing to read words on paper, instead of a screen, and to become engrossed…