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Thursday, January 19, 2023

ChatGPT and the Art of Enterprise Communications: A View from Late, Great, Anthony Bourdain

 

It's like taking a bowl of ramen, you got your broth, your noodles, and your toppings, but it's the broth that makes or breaks the dish. 

Listen, folks, I gotta tell ya, this Microsoft-OpenAI deal is like a big bowl of hot and sour soup, it's got a little bit of everything. Ten billion bucks, you don't see that every day, and it's not just some fancy schmancy tech company, it's OpenAI, the brainiacs behind ChatGPT. I mean, have you seen what this thing can do? It's like a culinary AI, it can whip up emails, tweets, code, and even websites all with a single text prompt.

Managed Print Services Was Here: Big Data Business Intelligence



Data in the cloud,
MBI on mobile device,
Decisions are made.

We're moving from marks on paper to the clouds, all the data is moving off the paper files. But raw data alone is not valuable, it needs to be analyzed and transformed into actionable insights. In the past, data analysis was done manually or using tools like spreadsheets. 

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

The Prints of Life: A week on the road in the world of Managed Print Services 2008

 

On the road again,
Deals to close, clients to meet,
Thrill of the chase lives.
__________


It's another day on the road, 


another week in the wild world of managed print services. I hit the gas on my beat-up Chevy and head towards Victorville, California, where a room full of copier salesmen are all vying for a piece of the action at an RFQ meeting. I can already feel the whiskey burning in my veins and the adrenaline pumping through my body. 

The drive there is a trip, let me tell you. Past the Rose Bowl, the site of many a Michigan defeat, and onto the Pacific Coast Highway. The ocean is a sight to behold, especially after a cold Michigan winter. Up to the client's office, where the C-level execs are waiting for me to inventory their fleet...

This is my element, baby.

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