Josh Lambert — Blog

The Short Version Open ChatGPT right now.

Somewhere in San Francisco right now, someone is sitting in a tattoo chair getting Sutro Tower inked on their arm.

There is a moment near the beginning of the film, before anyone is running, before anything has gone wrong.

You were on a tower last Tuesday.

At St.

Do you remember 2010?

Ours is a culture that mistakes recklessness for courage.

Disclaimer: These reflections represent my personal opinions and experiences.

“We’re stronger together than apart.”

My parents loved me.

There’s an energy in the State of Alabama right now as the worldwide technology industry undergoes a continued evolution.

DOOM AND GLOOM.

Over the past few months, I’ve had the significant misfortune of participating through Zoom and Teams in virtual meetings where so-called “A.I.” bots were in attendance.

For years, Washington bet everything on fiber, spending billions in taxpayer money with the primary purpose of extending fiber cable to every home – all of this with the goal of future-proofing the American internet.

When Apple unveiled iOS 26 and its sweeping new “Liquid Glass” UI design, many developers braced for impact.

While Americans were locked down during COVID, a new kind of Cold War accelerated, not one fought with bombs or bullets, but with silicon, algorithms, and data.

When you’re up against brutal terrain, dense trees, heavy forests, and tough topography, wireless internet deployment options narrow fast.

I recently joined Tony Porterfield, CTO for the City of Montgomery, at ALANOG-6 for a deep-dive “fireside” conversation about the MGMix, Alabama’s first and only city-owned Internet Exchange Point (IXP).

For the first time in years yesterday I once again graced the doors of Birmingham’s Innovation Depot.

Today I attended a webinar hosted by Jane Zhang from Zapier’s product marketing team.

The “Cloud”, for all the marketing lingo and buzzwords flying around about it, is actually quite simple.

A gentle fog hung over Birmingham, Alabama this morning – visible as far as the eye could see from the 20th floor of the immaculate John Hand building.

I grew up on a more open internet.

Pictures are worth a thousand words – and this one has a story indeed.

The first breath of life is often followed with a scream.

Today, I take a departure from the usual technical subjects that occupy my writings, opting instead to delve into one of the most fervently discussed and debated theological issues within the Christian Church.

The A.I. is hungry and your juicy data is on the menu.

I’ve been a citizen of the Internet as long as I can remember.

Magic.