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Curveball at the Crossroads

Curveball at the Crossroads

Inspired by blues folklore and classic baseball fiction, Michael Lortz writes a new tale of fastballs and phantoms, strikeouts and second chances.

2021

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Talking about the impact of AI on authors and voice actors

I had the pleasure of being a part of a recent radio show on current affairs. Community Speaks on WMNF 88.5 Tampa is a show hosted by my…

2 min readApr 5, 2024

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Talking about the impact of AI on authors and voice actors

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Helping a hacker tell his life story

I had the pleasure of helping cyber security instructor and speaker Eddie Miro with his debut book, Outlaw Summer, Cyber Dreams: A Hacker’s…

2 min readApr 4, 2024

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Helping a hacker tell his life story

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Writing on Medium is a huge waste of time

Medium changed their metrics recently. You can read about that here. Thank you, Medium, for showing me how big of a waste of time this…

3 min readAug 15, 2023

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Writing on Medium is a huge waste of time

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The evolution of countering the Spartan ideal

There is a recent article in Foreign Policy that once again counters a very common myth in our society that the ancient Spartans were a…

2 min readAug 9, 2023

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The evolution of countering the Spartan ideal

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Book Review: Breakout Nations by Ruchir Sharma

As part of an International Marketing Management course in my MBA program back in 2016, I read “Breakout Nations” by Ruchir Sharma. While…

1 min readAug 6, 2023

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Book Review: The Turner Diaries

This might be the most intense book review I have ever done. The Turner Diaries is one of the most infamous books ever published. Until the…

5 min readJul 26, 2023

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Book Review: The Turner Diaries

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Another look at Death Star Project Management

Several years ago I wrote an essay for a Project Management class that I posted here on Medium. Entitled “Death Star II: A Project…

2 min readJul 19, 2023

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Another look at Death Star Project Management

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Review of the Building an Effective Cyber Threat Intelligence Function Discussion

Whenever I get the time, I love watching seminars on BrightTalk. Today I watched Building an Effective Cyber Threat Intelligence Function…

4 min readJul 13, 2023

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Review of the Building an Effective Cyber Threat Intelligence Function Discussion

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Michael Lortz
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Hybrid Analyst

Exploring Wargames and the Hoover Institute Wargaming Archive

I have always been passionate for continuous learning. I’ve gone back to school several times and am always working on different online…

4 min readJul 3, 2023

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Exploring Wargames and the Hoover Institute Wargaming Archive

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Michael Lortz
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Hybrid Analyst

Book Review: Can I Keep My Jersey by Paul Shirley

Some people find a job and stay with the same company forever. They have a family, a house, two and a half kids, a white minivan, a…

4 min readJun 29, 2023

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Book Review: Can I Keep My Jersey by Paul Shirley

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Michael Lortz

Michael Lortz

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Writer. Analyst. Trainer. Author, Curveball at the Crossroads. Writing on Medium is a waste of time. Don't do it.

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