Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips AI tools are here. They don’t do everything, but they boost productivity. Use the tools. I am old enough to remember a time in the late 1980s when word processors appeared. There were many older managers who were accustomed to writing in cursive on yellow pads with pencils and handing those to […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Some new AI companies are using AI so that they only have a couple dozen humans. Fifteen years ago I blogged about eating your own dog food. Not a nice phrase, but a good point about using my own products. If others should buy and use my products, so should I. Now […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Information has always been searchable. What I really want is information that is findable. Search is a topic that has plagued and payed computer scientists since anyone was first called a computer scientist. I studied search back when I was in college (we used punch card machines back then and wrote on […]

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by Dwayne Phillips A part of or a separate activity is the punishment assessment. What is the result of not following the rules? Years ago, I supervised a person who always asked the question, “And what happens to me if I don’t do this?” He wasn’t avoiding work; he was assessing rules and regulations to […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Each of us has the ability to change something in a direction which we desire. I guess this post is a pep talk or an admonition to “buck up sissy pants” (I think I heard that phrase on a TV show). Unhappy with the current situation? I am. Well, things don’t have […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I suppose I am several generations behind in the lingo of my profession. Is it too much to ask people to speak English or at least define their terms? I read this recently, “Get the architecture right, then the details.” Hmm, sounds like in that case “architecture” means the “high-level design.” But […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Stop. Breathe. Think. Now act in a way that leads to what is desired. Stop. Breathe. Think. Act. In that order. I think that is the definition of a wise person acting wisely. “Knee jerk reactions” are not in the definition. A long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away) a […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Instead of wiggling around so we can call our efforts “AI,” let’s focus on useful and helpful software. Over a decade ago (yes, that long), I was working with a graduate student on their writing. They had difficulty describing their research to others. Their work was wonderful. They had developed a concept […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Ornamental objects are preserved. Practical objects are frayed and discarded. It is easy to confuse the two. Ever see a coffee pot from the 1940s? Except in old photo collections, I haven’t. Ever see a coffee service made of silver and engraved by a master craftsman? Yes I have. Museums are full […]

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