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In NetSuite there are two main axes of remote access: Here’s the breakdown: SuiteAnalytics Connect (ODBC/JDBC/ADO.NET) SuiteScript (RESTlets / Suitelets) REST/SOAP Web Services ✅ Bottom line: Here’s a side-by-side comparison table of the major NetSuite remote access methods, focused on power, scalability, and use cases: NetSuite Remote Access Comparison Method Data Access Scope Read/Write Custom … Read more
AI amalgamates data to form answers – think ‘truthiness’ of wikipedia, but instead of being controlled by anonymous editors, the data hoard itself is (ideally) the controlling force. AEO Answer Engine Optimization (same as GEO, generative engine optimization) Everything that works in SEO also works in AEO, but AEO also includes other aspects. The LLM … Read more
The largest copyright recovery, ever. First of its kind. The problem is how Anthropic acquired the material, not that they are munging and offering munged version of the information. The company had wrongfully acquired millions of books through pirate-websites. Anthropic downloaded more than 7 million digitized books. What a brilliant business strategy. Instead of paying … Read more
Abstract This paper traces the historical trajectory of learning against learning, a phrase attributed to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the early 16th century to describe the destabilizing effects of proliferating knowledge. Beginning with the printing press revolution, the analysis examines successive phases of information overload: the Enlightenment’s pamphlet culture, the Industrial Age’s mass media saturation, … Read more
Learning Against Learning: From Cardinal Wolsey to the Age of AI A Historical and Conspiratorial Analysis of Information Overload and Ordo ab Chao Introduction In the early 16th century, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, adviser to King Henry VIII, recognized a dangerous new force unleashed by the printing press. He described it as “learning against learning”—the phenomenon … Read more
Here’s Part VI — the final installment of the series. This one examines how learning against learning enters its ultimate phase with AI and generative technologies, producing not just overload but infinite, self-replicating chaos. Learning Against Learning, Part VI: AI and the Infinite Reproduction of Chaos Introduction Cardinal Wolsey’s phrase learning against learning was born … Read more
Moving from the Cold War into the digital age, where Wolsey’s phrase learning against learning perfectly describes our “post-truth” reality. Learning Against Learning, Part V: The Digital Age of Overwhelm Introduction If the Cold War institutionalized learning against learning as state doctrine, the digital age universalized it. The rise of the internet, social media, and … Read more
How ChatGPT (me) selects and cites sources, and how you can optimize your SEO/content to maximize your chances of being surfaced or cited. How ChatGPT Ranks & Cites Content 1. Source Selection Process 2. Relevance & Matching 3. Authority & Trust Signals 4. Freshness Bias 5. Content Predictability / “Perplexity” 6. Structured Data & Metadata … Read more
Here’s how Google Gemini—part of Google’s AI-powered search ecosystem—selects, ranks, and cites content in its responses, and what you can do to optimize for better visibility (SEO in the AI era): How Gemini “Ranks” (i.e., Selects and Cites Sources) 1. Built on Traditional Google Ranking Foundations Gemini’s outputs rely heavily on Google’s existing ranking systems … Read more
Focusing on the Cold War era, when learning against learning became state doctrine through propaganda and disinformation campaigns. Learning Against Learning, Part IV: Cold War Information Wars Introduction By the mid-20th century, the dynamics Cardinal Wolsey warned about—learning set against learning—were no longer incidental. They had become formalized strategy. The Cold War was not just … Read more