EightAByte Industries

The online home of experienced technologist Ken Scott.

About Me

How I got here...

Ken Scott

Experienced technologist
Experienced technologist with a demonstrated history of working in the investment banking industry. Strong engineering professional skilled in analytics, enterprise architecture, agile methodologies, IT strategy and business solutions.

Blog

My thoughts.

Welcome.

- May 28, 2018

Welcome to EightAByte Industries, the online home for experienced technologist, Ken Scott (me ;-).  This is the first of, hopefully, many blog posts.

15 Years? Really?

- October 18, 2019

Note: This is a re-post of my friend Michael Wilson’s blog entry of his experience on 9/11. It is posted here unedited, in his original format from his blog. You can see the original here. I only post it to ensure that it is not lost to time and because I was so moved by […]

My Heart Attack

- October 18, 2019

Note: The following is an account I had posted to Facebook years ago. I figured I might as well post it here for posterity’s sake. On Tuesday, February 21st, we had Mexican for dinner. Everything was cool. Around 9:00 pm the girls turned in and I told Karen I was having a little indigestion. I […]

Waka Waka Bang Splat

- October 23, 2018

In a recent magazine poll, readers established “waka” as the proper pronunciation for the angle-bracket characters < or >. The following poem appeared recently in the magazine.   The text of the poem follows:   < > ! * ‘ ‘ # ^ ” ` $ $ – ! * = @ $ _ % […]

Favorite Quotes

- October 10, 2018

“To friends and enemies, neighbors and lovers.  Six of one, half a dozen of the other.” -Ken Scott “So never ever save old bottles of bourbon.  They’re meant to be enjoyed with friends and family at the moment.  It’s not about the whiskey.  It’s about the lives you touch and the people you meet.  And […]

PGP Key

- May 28, 2018

For those needing to contact me, here is my PGP key.