Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

People are creatures of habit.  They form routines and function with relative comfort and efficiency within that.  And for the most pa...

Wow, I couldn't believe that this is a real word. Automagically. I thought my colleague was using it as a gag.  But when I asked...

I love FANUC industrial robots.  They are made by a secretive company in Japan and they are #1 in workplace automation worldwide!  The...

So there are some mighty impressive places to work that really shine in terms of the technology they use and the constant desire to upgrad...

Here is a comparison of the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and team leaders.  Often there can be confusion over who is suppos...

Amazon has upended so many industries--and you can basically buy almost anything there. And yes, what you can't buy today, you wi...

Most professional (and even personal) communications should start with... ________________________ BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front). Thi...

So with the election came promises (and hope to some) to " drain the swamp " in Washington, D.C. and beyond.  That means redef...

So this is a water fountain on steroids.  Not 1, not 2, but 3 drinking spouts.  Adults, children, and even pets can all get theirs. ...

This was the sign in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Bowling Ally that I mentioned in a post yesterday. [Note: I've removed...

So another tragic  major train derailment in Philadelphia this week.  Already 8 people killed and over 200 injured.  All over the news...

No reason for Sir/Madam technology here to feel down in the dumps. Yes, we love you technology. And not just sometimes, but alway...

This was a funny picture of a "Complaint Jar". "All complaints must be written on $1.00 bills or larger. Thank you."...

Here are three perspectives on how we can speed up the innovation cycle and get great new ideas to market more quickly: 1)  Coordinati...

It seems like never before has a technology platform brought so much confusion as the Cloud. No, I am not talking about the definitio...

There is an article today in the Wall Street Journal (10-11 March 2012) about how an Anybot Robot attended a wedding party in Paris dre...

This is a video that the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) sent to Congress to appeal to them not to cut funding to all t...

Leadership is not about moving forward despite any and all costs, but about addressing issues head on . Cloud computing holds trem...

TaskRabbi t is a new way to get odd jobs done by simply posting them online for others to bid on and perform them. Browsing the list of ta...

From Inspector Gadget to Transformers --there is more than one purpose to everything and that is the type of flexibility that we nee...