This entry is part 4 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics From our earliest times, the value of hard work has been ingrained into American society. We find it anchored in the beliefs of the early Protestant pilgrims, and have seen it reinvigorated over the years with the constant flow of immigrants drawn to […]
Standard of Business
This entry is part 1 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics One of the first questions to pass between meeting strangers in the United States is the simple question, “What do you do for work?” The time we spend on our careers cannot but help to mold who we are as a person. […]
Matters of Consequence
Recently, I’ve been re-reading Antoine de Saint-Exupéry‘s The Little Prince, which incidentally turns 70 this year. It’s one of those books that is on my “re-read every year or two” list, as it helps remind me of some simple truths. On his journey that eventually brings him to the earth, the Little Prince visits several […]
Passion for HPC
This last week was the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC), one of the times during the year where we all get together and do our community show-and-tell for all things HPC. It’s a time to reconnect and to celebrate the advances made by the community (the Top500, for example). I was on booth duty. 🙂 Now why would I […]
