Egypt by John R. Patrick

Egypt After leaving Istanbul, we continued to sail to Turkey, spending a day in Kusadasi and a day in Bodrum. Next was a visit to Rhodes, Greece and then to the Isle of Cyprus. Next was a visit to Ashdod, the largest port in Israel. We continued sailing to Haifa (Nazareth), the third largest city […]

Istanbul by John R. Patrick

Istanbul My blog posts are 90+% about technology-related topics, but occasionally I share comments and pictures about travels. After two nights in Athens, we departed on the Silversea Silver Spirit ship for a 15-day cruise. We have been in this part of the world before but never to the first stop of the itinerary, Istanbul. […]

Will Doo Wop Ever End? by John R. Patrick

Will Doo Wop Ever End? by John R. Patrick My brother and I and our wives went to a great concert last week at the Ridgefield Playhouse. Felix Cavaliere led the Rascals musicians. Originally The Young Rascals were a truly groundbreaking band who helped to define the sound of 1960s rock and soul music. Some […]

How Can AI Assist a Writer or Editor? By John R. Patrick

How Can AI Assist a Writer or Editor? By John R. Patrick This week, I read an interesting interview in HealthcareITNews titled “Siemens Healthineers digital chief on what ChatGPT and other AI might mean for healthcare”. I decided to try an experiment. The interview was approximately 1,500 words. I used chatGPT and, after pasting the […]

Will AI Help Call Centers? by John R. Patrick

Will AI Help Call Centers? Written: May 2023 Word count: 896, Reading time: 3.4 minutes In 2001, I wrote Net Attitude: What It Is, How to Get It, and Why Your Company Can’t Survive Without It. The focus was to share with organizational leaders how they could use a “net attitude” to make their organization […]