Baseball fans, of at least two teams, are happy now that the World Series is set. Congrats to the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays (although for 2020, we really need the "Devil" Rays name back).

Temperatures play roller coaster this week, starting out higher than normal, then dropping lower than normal. Sounds like autumn, right? Rain on both coasts early then we dry out.

Now well into October, 2020 continues to be the annoying canker sore that never heals. Tropical storms Delta and Gamma are winding themselves up to hurricane levels in the already-battered Gulf. Someone please adjust the spanning tree algorithm and send them to the wildfires in California.

Despite the recession, speakers at the distributor’s IoT Virtual Symposium event said today, spending on IoT solutions is heating up. 

The sports world is slowly getting back to normal. Pro football started when we expected, while baseball started way late. The World Series will end in November. The Stanley Cup Playoffs may end tonight or Wednesday (go Stars!). The two NBA finalists are set (LeBron again? Of course).

We’ve learned many new things this year, including that we can have too many hurricanes for the list of approved names. What happens after that? We start on the Greek alphabet. Hurricane Beta is hitting Texas and Louisiana this evening.

Are you ready for some football? College and NFL fans should have plenty to talk about at the water cooler, er, Slack / Teams sports threads today. The first quarter of some NFL games were a little sloppy, but seconds quarters looked pretty good in most cases.

IoTPlaybook Insight: Fans of the Gartner Hype Cycle look for the turn from the "Trough of Disillusionment " to the "Slope of Enlightenment." Even critics who laugh at the names want to see when real market value heads into profitability.

The following is an excerpt of an interview with one of the tech supply chain’s most highly respected thought leaders Tom Linton. Tom is an author, keynote speaker, corporate advisor and 40-year supply chain management executive.

It’s Labor Day in America this Monday, which usually means the last party of the summer and kids get ready to go back to school. Thanks to 2020, neither may happen.