Azure Cost Management Thoughts

In moving to the cloud one of the most important concepts is the transition from CapEx to OpEx management of resources. This brings both benefits and challenges which most companies are ill equipped to organize an approach around. I find that customers frequently either don’t know, or haven’t prepared their environment to properly manage costs […]

Beer 30 with Justin Watts on MFA, M&A activities

I spent time at Beer 30 with Justin Watts on Multi-Factor Auth, Mergers and Acquisitions, and how identity plays a significant part.

Beer 30 with Ben Beck on Blockchain

I spent time in Beer 30 talking with Ben Beck on Blockchain, Microsoft’s strategy in this space, and the post-hype future of Blockchain.

Beer 30 with Brian Goodwin on Data & AI for Manufacturing

I spent time with Brian Goodwin on Data & AI for Manufacturing, talking about Demand Forecasting and business benefits. Brian has spent a tremendous amount of time in this space and it led to a great conversation.

AI Maturity Assessment

Microsoft has launched an interesting (although not comprehensive) AI maturity assessment. It certainly has a good collection of things I’d think about when considering how to leverage AI in your organization. I’m impressed it asks questions about ethics and boldness in going down a path of using AI technologies in product development or business operations. […]

Top 10 Ways to Secure Your Azure Environment – Part 2

This is the second in a pair of posts on the most important actions to take to set up and maintain security in your Azure environment. This post picks up where the prior one left off in the list of 10 critical security concepts. (See the first five items here. Also, check out related content in […]

Ethics of AI – Chapter 5: AI Principles

Chapter 5: Considerations in Leveraging AI to Augment Humanity Editors Note: This post is a part of a series on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. With the impact of AI on the economy, business output, and life being substantial many organizations have formed to propose principles and frameworks to engaging. The following is a set of […]

Types of Friendships and Business Relationships

We all have friends in our lives, but how often have we taken a moment to think about the types of friends we have? Aristotle has given us an interesting model that is helpful to this day of three types of friendship, which are (1) friendships of utility, (2) friendships of pleasure, and (3) friendships […]

Career Inventory 2019

I’m passionate about people in technology having fulfilling careers, so I decided to do something about it. You’ll find below two assets, the first is a Microsoft form, the second is an output from everyone who has filled it out. The goal of this is to help people to analyze their current career and look […]

Beer 30 interview on Milwaukee Tech with Adam Gabornitz

In this episode of #Beer30, I chat with @AdamGabornitz on #mketech and why Milwaukee is a great place for a technology career! @MarquetteU @MSOE @UWM

This isn’t just relevant to Milwaukee though! If you love technology and love your city, you’re sure to find some good learnings here.

Nathan Lasnoski

Technology is at the heart of the transformation of modern society and business. I engage in innovation, artificial intelligence, disruption, and ethics under the lense that we only do this because people matter.