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Data Visualization (A Calendar)

September 7th, 2023 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Let’s not get carried away with things like “data visualization.” We’ve been looking at data for a long time. I have heard a lot lately about data visualization. This blog post should indicate that I have heard far too much lately about data visualization. The folly hit me recently as we were […]

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Tags: Calendar · Communication · Data Science · History · Journal · Knowledge · Technology · Visibility

We Were the Last Generation to…

September 22nd, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Each generation laments how no one recognizes how special they are. Well, sort of. Times change, ya’ know? I just saw another one of these things online. It was a black and white photo of kids on their bicycles in the street. We were the last generation to ride bikes in the […]

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Tags: Appearances · Calendar · General Systems Thinking · Review · Time

This is not the Last

July 29th, 2021 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips There will be many more opportunities to convey something. I don’t need to “slip it in” today and ruin today’s message. This will not be the last blog post. This will not be the last essay. This will not be the last speech. This will not be the last public appearance. This […]

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Tags: Calendar · Clarity · Communication · Patience · Time · Writing

I’m Glad 2020 is Over

November 16th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The year 2020 got you down? Declare it over. Person A: I’m glad 2020 is over! Person B: Huh, we have another 6 or 8 weeks of 2020 to go. Person A: No, 2020 is over, gone. We’re in 2021 now. Person B: Huh, we, uh, what? Person A: 2020 is gone. […]

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Tags: Calendar · Choose · History · Ideas · Myth · Reaction

Ok, It’s 2020, enough already

January 27th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips According to some arbitrary scheme, we are in the year two thousand and twenty. Let’s let it be. My eight year old granddaughter told me that it was the year 20 20, “the year of perfect vision.” I can live with that as she is eight years old and was born with […]

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Tags: Adults · Calendar · Writing

Cost, Schedule, Performance

October 17th, 2019 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips There are other words, but there are three basic things to consider in projects and project management, so let’s review these basics. Time goes on. We have new methods and methodologies (let’s toss in a couple of extra syllables to trick in unknowing into thinking that we are thinking), but there are […]

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Tags: Calendar · Concepts · Management · Risk · Scope

The Humble Calendar

October 8th, 2018 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I contemplate a simple yet still effective management tool—the humble calendar. What will I do tomorrow? What about the day after? What about next month. Oh, wait, is next week in next month or this month? How can I keep track of time? We revisit the humble calendar. If this is insulting […]

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Tags: Calendar · Tools · Work