Who are you and what do you want? Why are you here? What’s in it for you? These are all natural questions when one arrives to a community out of the blue offering something new apparently “for sale.” I get it. And, that’s the situation in which I find myself, so let me endeavor to […]
Tag: ALS
Meaningful Moments
What do you do when “the end” comes unexpectedly? After almost 22 years with the firm, that is what happened to me, “the end” came unexpectedly with three letters on a brisk morning in December in Boston – ALS – three simple letters, but with so much complexity and quite a lot of disruptive power. […]
AI – Good, Bad or Ugly?
You cannot read a news story today that does not somehow mention the implications of AI. Everywhere we turn, it’s part of the conversation. Some of that conversation is exciting and some of it is scary. There’s certainly a lot of hype and there’s definitely a lot of fear. I’ve recently gotten a fair bit […]
Everyday is a Gift
Some days it might feel like you’re just keeping your head above water – a bit like the hooded seal in the picture above, for example. Every day, we have to tackle the myriad complexities that modern life throws at us: emails, text messages, phone calls, meetings (many of which probably could have been emails), […]
The British Isles
Our month of travel is coming to a close after a proper tour of the western and northern coast of the British Isles. See what a few weeks in Britain will do for you? It will have one walking on the left, speaking the King’s English and watching British telly on Netflix, apparently. Will it […]
Svalbard in the Spring
We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one. – Confucious Bryan Holliday, one of the naturalists on our recent journey to Svalbard, referenced this quote over dinner and it resonated with me. I thought that I would start with this as it has been on my mind a […]
Questions Beget Questions
This might be a little different post (and probably a little longer). I’ve been recently wrestling with three big questions that are going to come to a head in the next six weeks or so. These are the questions that underpin whether I go back to work, and in what capacity. The beauty of the […]
Crushing the Doubt Monster
You know how sometimes you get up in your head about things and doubt creeps in? Well, that’s the case with me over the last few months about my cycling. I mean, how could it not, right? In December, when told I had a motor neuron disease, the first thing I did was go for […]
Learning a Lot
And, by a lot, I mean, holy cow, A LOT. We undertook this journey to build an app because the research that we did to find a solution came up dry. We looked for something that would allow David to continue to use his own voice. And our search didn’t lead us to find something […]
Using AI for Good
When we started down this path to build the app, it was initially to find whether there was an existing solution for a realistic representation of my voice that could be used in the event that mine would no longer be available. I have shared in a separate post about that journey and what I […]