🌶️ Hot Fudge Sunday for 2025-05-18
This week, I'm sharing insights from Qlik Connect and upcoming talks on AI and business modernization.
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- 🤪 Wacky Wednesday $ (Hot Fudge Daily: Catch up on the wild and wooly memes from a variety of deep web #random channels.)
- 🔙 Throwback Thursday $ (Hot Fudge Daily: Examine recent news in a thought provoking Shot and Chaser format.)
- ✅ Final Thoughts Friday $ (Hot Fudge Daily: A clear eyed look back on the week that was and could have been.)
- 🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday $ (Hot Fudge Daily: Steady and sober unpacking of the slow news day where muted press releases and disclosure stories try to get buried before the weekend takes all the attention.)
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This week I'm testing out a shorter version of the newsletter.
Last week
Last week, I was fortunate to represent NexusTek at Qlik Connect in Orlando May 13 - 15, 2025 as Tech Field Day Experience delegate.
This was my 2nd Qlik Connect. I've published my reflections on Qlik Connect 2025 on the NexusTek Insights blog.
This week and next month
This week will be busy as well.
CISO Fireside Chat: The Impact of AI on MSPs
On Tuesday May 20, I'll be speaking with Jason Manar, CISO at Kaseya about the impact of AI on Managed Service Providers in a fireside chat.
📅 Date: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
🕒 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET
📍 Location: Webinar
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AI & Beyond: Shaping the Future of Business
On Wednesday May 21, I'll be back in Orlando with Microsoft to lead a discussion of how AI is shaping the future of business.
📅 Date: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
🕒 Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm ET
📍 Location: Orlando, FL
RSVP here:
AI & Beyond Shaping the Future of Business
Join NexusTek for an exclusive evening at Capa, the stunning rooftop venue at Four Seasons Orlando.
Modernization & Mimosas
Next month on Friday June 6, I'll be in Tampa with Microsoft to lead a discussion of modernization
📅 Date: Friday, June 6th, 2025
🕒 Time: 11:15am-2:00pm ET
📍 Location: Tampa, FL
RSVP here:
Modernization & Mimosas
Join NexusTek on Friday, June 6th, 2025, and enjoy a truly unique, one-of-a-kind experience, a culinary brunch and cocktail river journey! We will board at 11:15am ET and depart at 12pm for a 2-hour river cruise through the heart of Tampa.
#OpenToWork Weekly
I believe in #NeverSearchAlone. Previously, I participated in a #JSC for a year after leaving IBM, rebooting Cuthrell Consulting, and joining NexusTek.
Since late last year, I’ve also been highlighting those in my network that are #OpenToWork by linking to their LinkedIn and quoting their LinkedIn About section. This week I’m simplifying as the About section updates were not getting updated (by me) in a timely fashion.
Week over week, the list grew until I had to add an Alumni 🎉 section this week for those that have transitioned from #OpenToWork to their next career adventure.
Alumni 🎉
Congrats Jarrod Weise 🎉
Congrats Karl Edwards 🎉
Congrats Paul Lysko 🎉
Congrats Bob Lima, PMP 🎉
Congrats Rich Green 🎉
Congrats Sheri Gearhart 🎉
Congrats Shianna Maxwell 🎉
Congrats Richard Arnesen! 🎉
#OpenToWork
Those in my network that are #OpenToWork:
- Kelly Britt - Experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist
- Dan Kelleher - Program & Technical Project Manager | CSM
- Barbara Hadley, EdM, SPHR - Strategic HR Leader | Employee Engagement Expert
- Andrew Webber - Proven Leader | Consumer Product Innovation & Scaling
- Lida Tohidi - Award-Winning Product & Marketing Leader | Startup Advisor
- Nathan Clyker - Strategic Sales & Business Development | IT Solutions Expert
- Gina (Gina Minks) Rosenthal - Global Product Marketing Manager | Technical Content Strategist
- Janel Van Beek - Business Strategist & Master Coach | Leadership & Change Expert
- Greg Phillips - Cloud Platform & Strategic Marketing Leader
- Tamera Rousseau King - Technical Program Manager | Agile Product Owner | People Leader
- Ricardo Perez - Virtualization Architect | PowerFlex & VxRail Specialist
- Mike Berteletti, CISSP - Experienced IT Professional | Infrastructure & Security
- Chris Mojica - Technical Sales & Solutions Architect
- Matthew Leib - Data Center, Cloud & Storage Architect | Technical Writer & Analyst
- Michael Joffe - Global Technology Leader | P&L Management | SaaS & OEM
- Colleen Coll - Event Technology & Digital Media Specialist | Live Reporting
- Thomas Chatham - Engineering Leader | SaaS & Converged Infrastructure
- Sam Aiello, Ph.D. - Cybersecurity & Technology Strategist | Pre-Sales Leadership
Hot Fudge Daily Digest
📈 Markets Monday for 2025-05-12
Readers have shared that the measurement I've been using paints a stark picture on Monday. So, what about looking at the end of the week instead?
🔥 Hot Takes Tuesday for 2025-05-13
Playful naming and elements of whimsy are on the decline but it is fascinating to see how long some design elements last.
Techmeme: Google says it started testing an AI Mode button on the Google Search homepage with Labs users over the past week, replacing the I'm Feeling Lucky button (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
By Jennifer Elias / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
🤪 Wacky Wednesday for 2025-05-14
Enjoy.
🔙 Throwback Thursday for 2025-05-15
2005: Big things have small beginnings.
2025: And so it begins...
Montana Becomes First State to Close the Law Enforcement Data Broker Loophole | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Montana has done something that many states and the United States Congress have debated but failed to do: it has just enacted the first attempt to close the dreaded, invasive, unconstitutional, but easily fixed “data broker loophole.” This is a very good step in the right direction because right...
✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-05-16
There's an old saying about "Ma Bell" reforming again but with a different name to dominate modern communications within the US. Recent M&A activity seems to support that prophetic direction for cable and broadband.
Techmeme: Charter says it will acquire Cox Communications for $21.9B, valuing Cox at $34.5B including debt and uniting two of the biggest US cable and broadband operators (Reuters)
From Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2025-05-17
Ah yes, the plot thickens as full vertical integration by ever larger tech companies — from services to software to silicon to the solitary generation of electrons underpinning all of it — comes into focus.
Techmeme: Critics question Meta's Louisiana datacenter plans for three new power plants; Meta's carbon footprint is up from 2020, when it pledged 2030 net-zero emissions (Justine Calma/The Verge)
By Justine Calma / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.
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