Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips
We don’t accept every new gadget that comes from the mind of an engineer. New uses need to be demonstrated for new technologies to take hold. Either that or new generations come along with different values.
New technology comes every day. We immediately accept it into our lives without a thought of its long-term [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
No journalism degree? Not needed to blog and break news.
Not a pro photographer? Not needed to publish world-wide on Flickr.
No computer science degree? Not needed to learn programming and work.
I believe these things to be true. I believe that you don’t have to have a credential from an organization that has been certified [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I have known people, including myself, who have nagging problems. They, including myself, have had those problems for years and have never done anything about them. These problems are handy excuses. Perhaps that is why they, including myself, keep them.
I am attending a special event this week. There were a few SNAFUs the [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
The title of this post is a telephone number - the way we used to say telephone numbers. Much has changed in telephones, and much of the change is for the better. Still, we have lost a lot of our culture about telephones.
The title of this post is a phone number. When I [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I have seen encouragement change the lives of people. Here I relate one episode of such.
This post is a bit different from the rest. Well, that is if you can find a pattern in the rest of my posts. I’ve read a lot of blogging experts that say you should find a narrow [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
We often give power and control to our surroundings. This change of words returns those to me.
I have heard it many times and said it a few times. Things like:
I am under a lot of stress.
This is a stressful situation.
The stress here is too much.
Let’s look at the second statement a little closer [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Life is full of bad experiences. There is always something that can be learned in each experience. The bad experience is a form of tuition. The learning is a form of education. Nothing guarantees we get the education with the tuition. The education, however, is there for our choosing.
College is pretty simple: you [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
It is possible to predict the future on projects. It is also possible to change the future on projects. Knowing this second property and how to state it can make a big difference to project stakeholders.
It is possible to predict the future. Given a system-building project that has been planned properly, you can [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
There are words we can say that change situations and sometimes even our lives. “Up until now” are a few words that can erase reputations from our past.
I have learned a few magic words through the years. Say these words aloud, and the situation changes.
A few magic words are “up until now.” Say [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Situations change and people adapt to those changes. Has adapting to chance taken away your  ability to adapt?
Change is constant
Okay, that is neither original nor brilliant. It does, however, describe my experiences.
Groups of people adapt
Another observation that is neither original nor brilliant.
What many people fail to observe is how to have groups of [...]

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