Jon Brown Mentor and Coach

I like local AI a lot more now than I did when I first started messing with it, but not for the reason most people expect. It is not because I suddenly think local models are automatically safer, smarter, or somehow more honest just because they run on my Mac. It is because I finally got clearer about the role I want them to play. That has really been the shift for me. Early o...

Apple’s WWDC26 special presentation on Apple Intelligence and Xcode stood out because it did not treat AI as a separate service developers bolt onto an app after the real work is done. Apple framed it as part of the platform boundary itself: the development environment, the operating system, the frameworks, the app integration layer, and the local silicon all have to participate...

When I started preparing for a CMMC assessment, I expected to spend most of my time focused on policies, procedures, and the System Security Plan. Those things are certainly important, but what surprised me was how much of the assessment ultimately came down to evidence. Not whether a control existed on paper, but whether we could demonstrate it clearly, consistently, and witho...

In the days following WWDC, I heard the same comment from several people. “Apple didn’t really announce much this year.” Most of those conversations eventually landed in the same place. Siri wasn’t ready. Liquid Glass was everywhere. There was no new hardware announcement. Depending on who you asked, WWDC 2026 was either disappointing or forgettable. I understand why people r...

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