When the Pieces Don’t Add Up: The Mystery of the Full File System 🔗
If you boil down all of the reasons that I love what I do it all comes down to one thing. I like solving puzzles. This is the one profession that I ha [...]
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The Grid the Hyperscalers Are Trying to Outrun 🔗
JULY ISSUE OF THE CURRENT The data-center power story keeps getting told as an exit from the grid. The hyperscalers building their own generation in n [...]
Cultivating Creativity 🔗
Cultivating Creativity Where does creativity originate? Is it a skill we can sharpen, or an external force we must wait for? Two of my favorite thinke [...]
Make Your Work Environment Work Well for You 🔗
I recently saw a post about someone who had converted their entire basement into a complex system that would make it easier for them to manage their l [...]
The Balanced Scorecard for the AI Era 🔗
“Move Fast and Break Things” Doesn’t Work on the Grid In the tech world, the standard advice is to “move fast and break things.” But if you manage cri [...]
Learnings from VT Data Center Summit 🔗
I recently had the opportunity to attend a Data Center Summit hosted by Virginia Tech (VT). The event brought together a diverse group of academic res [...]
The Summer Window 🔗
JUNE ISSUE OF THE CURRENT ERCOT’s planned transmission outage restriction period opened four weeks ago. Through September 15, no 345kV line can come o [...]
From Text to Diagram: Visualizing Complex Engineering Concepts 🔗
I work with engineers who are solving complex problems on the electrical grid. Their research is sophisticated and impactful. But communicating those [...]
Mixing a Song Is a Lot Like Building a Power Flow Case 🔗
I’ve been writing music for several years now. What started with an alto sax in marching band has evolved into 9 guitars, a five-string bass, a drumse [...]
Why Induction Studies Matter More as the Grid Gets More Crowded 🔗
As transmission corridors become more congested, the space around energized infrastructure is becoming more valuable and more complicated. Utilities a [...]