I first worked across borders in the mid‑90s, interpreting Spanish calls for AT&T. What struck me then — and what still holds today — is how quickly things break down when people assume their way of working is universal. Fast‑forward nearly three decades, after leading international growth at HubSpot and advising companies from Google to SaaS startups, I’ve seen the strongest domestic strategies fall flat abroad.
Digital Skills
The paradox of tolerance. Karl Popper and the extinction of the… | by Nate Sowder | Oct, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size Philosopher Karl Popper The moral armor of tolerance Popper saw tolerance as a civic safeguard. That means a system designed to protect disagreement so reason could do its work. But somewhere along the line, tolerance stopped being a discipline. Let’s look at where things are … Weiterlesen
The horrors of designing for omniscience | by Tristan Free | Oct, 2025
Horror #2: Granting unearned ‘God mode’ Imagine you’re facing the cockpit of a commercial aircraft. These systems are built on a design ethos that assists users in their decision making, and have set up parameters to check human choices given environmental factors. Now, consider for a moment, while activating another control, you accidentally activate the … Weiterlesen
Hoping for the long-term. An interview with Alexander Rose. | by dave hoffer | Oct, 2025
Time is money. Move fast and break things. Crunch time. We hear these idioms repeated, and to many, they become true. You can live your life by these sayings if you like. I prefer: “Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. — Virginia Woolf” Woolf … Weiterlesen
How OpenAI and others are making technology safer, more transparent, and more humane
How tech companies like OpenAI are addressing emotional safety to make technology more humane. Press enter or click to view image in full size A quiet reflection on how OpenAI and others are rethinking emotional dependence. There was a time when we would phone a best friend or even write to the agony aunt in … Weiterlesen
Starting a new business? Here are the AI tools I would use when building from scratch
Building a business has never been easier, but the landscape is also more competitive. The difference between success and failure often comes down to how quickly you can execute. You need to understand your market and know how to scale your operations. AI tools can help you get off the ground.
Sora app icon: a visual breakdown | by Adir SL | Oct, 2025
Smiling with your eyes First of all let’s get the obvious out of the way — the eyes make it seem like a friendly robot, signaling this AI is a friendly one. Sora’s AI is a cute little robot that just wants to help you be more creative and is capable of no harm (roll … Weiterlesen
After the AWS outage. Can we trust Big Tech monopolies in… | by Neel Dozome | Oct, 2025
Can we trust Big Tech monopolies in essential infrastructure? Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash You never know the value of something until it’s gone, they say. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage caused many services — from streaming and e-commerce sites to financial and … Weiterlesen
Can technology fix voting?. What impact does digitization of… | by Allan MacDonald | Oct, 2025
The mayoral election is around the corner in my hometown of Montreal, so I wanted to confirm whether I was registered to vote at my current address. What I naively assumed would be a simple task turned out to require a trip to a local community centre. I gave my name, they flipped through a … Weiterlesen
9 best email marketing tools for dentists in 2025
Running a successful dental practice requires more than fluoride, free toothbrushes, and clinical expertise.