Author Archives: Daniel (@MKNN)

Go Forth & Automate (LinkedIn Post)

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

{ I messed this one up, and it auto-posted without an actual post to go along with it. We learn … here’s the actual post on LI } I saw this piece on AI in The Workplace in 2026 on … Continue reading →

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In My Rush to be Right, I Forgot to be Useful (LinkedIn Post)

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

{ Another entry from LinkedIn. Post here, full article here. } We often walk into professional situations and are surprised at how technology has been implemented. This is the norm if we’re consultants, but it happens equally often on internal … Continue reading →

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Notes on Current AI (LinkedIn Post)

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

{ I am archiving these here, just because. Here’s the link to the LI Post, and then to the article itself. If you want to engage or amplify the post, please go there! } {I plan to post occasional thoughts … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2023) is a supernatural thriller set in the burgeoning film industry of late 20th century Mexico City. The novel revolves around a lifelong friendship that always dances on the edge of (potentially doomed) romance between … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Yume Kitasei‘s 2023 novel, The Deep Sky, is a welcome addition to the “generation ship” genre, aimed at a YA audience (if the term “generation ship” is unfamiliar, it refers to stories set on spaceships designed for extraordinarily long–usually multi-generational–journeys, … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Fallen Gods trilogy by Hannah Kaner

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

I am a little jealous of people who will get to read Hannah Kaner‘s Fallen Gods Trilogy consecutively. The three volumes are Godkiller (2023), Sunbringer (2024), and Faithbreaker (2025). Bottom line here, they’re very good. The trilogy is expansive, centering … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: The Priory of the Orange Tree and A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

Posted on October 25, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

About the same time I finished Samantha Shannon‘s 2019 novel, The Priory of the Orange Tree, I decided to wait to publish things on Reading Well until series of books were complete (or, at least, as complete as current information … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Lilith’s Brood by Octavia Butler

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

{ This is hilarious. I actually wrote about Lilith’s Brood way back in 2016, but hadn’t remembered that when I re-read them with a good friend recently. So, yeah. Here’s the original write up. It’s different, and I’m intrigued by … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Celine by Peter Heller

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

In my writeup of Peter Heller‘s The Last Ranger, I wrote Heller’s gifts are in his descriptions of the natural world and in his explorations of alternate modes of contemporary masculinity, and both are on full display in The Last Ranger. … Continue reading →

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Listen/Here: Extra by Peter Evans

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Daniel (@MKNN)

One of my favorite things musically is when someone I’ve never heard of blows me away: it reminds me of just how much effing music there is in the world, and how deep it goes. Sometimes these musicians are deep … Continue reading →

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