Category Blogging
Robert Steven Jeffrey Prokop
My brother, Bob, died on February 23, 2023. These are the words I spoke at his funeral in Ellicott City, Maryland. Good morning. My name is Andrew Prokop and Bob was my older brother. Most of you know the story of the blind men and the elephant. The first man felt its trunk and proclaimed, […]
It’s Deja Vu All Over Again
“The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.” – Ezra Pound Have you ever experienced deja vu? The feeling that you’ve already been someplace? I began my professional career at Northern Telecom on July 5th, 1983. That would be before most […]
Zen and the Art of Being Unemployed
“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” – Bob Marley For me, there are two great truths about being laid off. The first is that it sucks. It’s hard not to feel singled out, slighted, and […]
The Art of Blogging
As you know all too well, this is a blog about unified communications. I write a lot about SIP, but I am not afraid to tackle WebRTC, network components, 9-1-1, security, and best practices methodologies. Every once in a while I take a tangent into a subject like online privacy, but for the most part, […]
Tao, Zen, and Tomorrow 