Technology, Media and Telecom analyst, consultant, columnist - digital multi-platform practitioner, commercial transmedia storyteller - #DigitalGrowth2026

United States
Joined March 2007
Cybersecurity Tops the Power Grid Agenda Energy Management Systems anchor the operational software stack, with a median budget of $1 million over the next 12 months, according to an ABI Research worldwide market study. #SmartGrid #Technology buff.ly/abvMign
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Congressman Greg Casar spoke at a press conference and claimed the 20,000+ Austin residents who support the "Prop I" local government spending audit must "hate Austin" in his opinion. #Austin #Texas #Voters casar.house.gov/about
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The CMO Title is Disappearing. The Growth Mandate is Not. If you’ve watched peers announce they’re β€œseeking new opportunities” after an abrupt reorganization, you’re not imagining the pattern. #Marketing #Leadership The story buff.ly/wfek1B6
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The Agentic AI Risk Governance Challenge Every enterprise software vendor now has an AI agent story. Far fewer can explain what happens when that agent calls the wrong tool, inherits the wrong permissions, or quietly works around a constraint. buff.ly/jmwT3aj
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The global connected vehicle installed base is heading toward a billion units, and the cellular technology most of those vehicles depend on is scheduled to begin its retirement before the end of the decade. buff.ly/g6WTvot
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The City of Austin fired an employee whistle blower because she raised concerns about fraudulent contractor payments and questioned the city's management culture. buff.ly/6Z0EHSI #AustinTX #Government #Election
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Financial news channels now quote live market odds the way they quote an economist’s forecast, and central bankers see the pricing as a high-frequency complement to slower official data. buff.ly/AfoN9y2
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How Prediction Markets Outran The Rulebook Combined monthly volume across Kalshi and Polymarket stood below $5 billion in September 2025 and reached roughly $24 billion by April 2026. buff.ly/AfoN9y2 #Global #Economy #Trends
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Austin, TX: The Affordability Election The City of Austin, Texas has a $26+ million budget deficit. Property tax increases are not the solution. The Austin leadership has a spending crisis; its $6.6 billion mismanaged budget. #AustinTX #PropI buff.ly/aLKuQXJ
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City of Austin canceled more than 60 voter-approved bond projects, new dashboard shows - where was the bond money diverted? We don't know. Prop I will provide spending transparency and accountability #AustinTX #Fraud #News buff.ly/yQH5f7L
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Austin, TX leaders fear an independent audit. Why? πŸ‘‡In the following video, local government union leaders and Austin City Council members stand together against Proposition I (Prop I). A plan to address the $26M+ budget deficit. youtube.com/watch?v=9aGok25L…
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We are on the side of wasteful government spending transparency and accountability. Ironically, government employee unions are on the side of paying fraudulent social services contractors that did not deliver.
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U.S. labs previously accounted for roughly 70% of the work run through OpenRouter; the open marketplace where developers choose between competing AI models. Today that share has fallen to around 30%. buff.ly/ksnBXhB #China #AI #Growth
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@England_Weber The local government employee union leaders are spreading misinformation about Prop I - see the video of their press conference. Why are they so afraid of a spending audit? What don't we know about their waste and fraud?
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Only Austin local government employees attended this opposition press conference. Each speaker in the video shared misinformation and factual lies. The majority of property taxpayers support the Prop I spending audit. They know it, and that's why these bureaucrats are afraid.
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When the White House published its AI Action Plan in July 2025, most of the commentary was about policy β€” what Washington would fund, permit, or restrict. I found myself stuck on a different question: How do we even measure what that plan is about? buff.ly/dsNMPJf
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Vote Yes for Prop I to help reduce property taxes. Beware of the groups who oppose transparency. AUSTINITES FOR EQUITY, which is funded by AFSCME City of Austin employee union, held a press conference to spread misinformation about the Charter Audit. #AustinTX
πŸ€– Made with AI
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Austin, Texas Budget Crisis: City Hall has a $6.6 billion budget. On November 3, vote YES to force independent scrutiny of spending, services and financial controls β€” with deadlines written into the Charter. saveaustinnow.com #AustinTX #Voters
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Connected Vehicles to Reach 1.05B by 2035 The global connected vehicle installed base is heading toward a billion units, and the cellular technology most of those vehicles depend on is scheduled to begin its retirement before the end of the decade. buff.ly/KJ3VHOl
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Expert Network Evolution: Why AI is So Valuable The expert network industry surpassed $2.5B in 2024, growing 9-18 percent annually. At the same time, the AI small language model market reached $6.5B in 2024 and is forecast to reach $64B by 2034 Source: lnkd.in/p/gSeus-Z5
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