[ Ai and llms ] Introduction 3 min read
Prompting ClaudePrompting advice ages faster than the models it was written for, and a lot of what's still online, including my own notes, now backfires. An introduction to a six-part series where the infographics do the heavy lifting.
[ Ai and llms ] Part 1 of 6 2 min read
Prompting ClaudeI used to write prompts the way I wrote change-window emails to the NOC: in capital letters, with the word CRITICAL in them. Eight prompt habits that helped on 2023-era models and backfire on the current ones, on one chart. Part one of six.
A frontier training run is a networking problem dressed up in a math costume. The industry chose the chickens over the oxen, so how do you get 16,000 of them pulling in the same direction? Part three of six.
[ Ai and llms ] Part 2 of 6 9 min read
How LLMs Actually WorkTraining turns roughly 405 billion random numbers into something useful through one boring move: guess the next token, get graded, nudge every number a hair, and repeat. Part two of six.
[ Ai and llms ] Part 1 of 6 11 min read
How LLMs Actually WorkA large language model is an enormous pile of numbers, and everything it does comes from multiplying other numbers by that pile. Part one of six.
Architecture and design for AI, ML, LLM, and agentic systems that solve a specific business problem, scoped to what your data, budget, and people can actually support.
Independent guidance for the technology leaders you already have, or part-time leadership until you hire one: a strategy built around your constraints that the business can actually execute.
Getting ready for SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, and other security and compliance audits, with the policies, documentation, and daily processes in place well before the audit begins.
Independent assessment and design for enterprise networks and infrastructure, backed by hands-on experience designing, building, and fixing networks from mid-market to Fortune 100.
Landscape assessments, vendor evaluations, and market briefings, written for practitioners rather than procurement committees and without the analyst-firm retainer.
Custom writing projects, from white papers to technical guides, by a long-time member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors with a deep portfolio of published and private work.
[ Tech field day ] 1 min read
For those of you who understand what Tech Field Day is, and want to follow this week’s events, feel free to use this calendar to track the events.
[ Industry events ] [ Leadership and career ] 5 min read
_ “Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.”_ Peter Drucker One of the questions that gets asked a lot when people find out that I go to the Cisco Live convention every year is, …
[ Everything else ] 1 min read
Well, it’s over. Vacations always seem way too short. All of the months of planning, dreaming, working out the little myriad details: then, 10 days in Cozumel and Southern California and it’s done. C’est la vie. That …
Most of you are probably familiar with the IEEE 802.1x specification, at least in general terms, but are more than likely used to seeing it applied in the context of wireless networks and services. In this multi-part …