by Dwayne Phillips Of course software running for the thousandth time works better than some people at some tasks. It has for half-a-dozen decades. Why does this continue to surprise us? Here is a recent breath-taking story about how AI performs better than doctors at detecting a type of cancer. Of course it does. Put […]
Entries Tagged as 'Expertise'
Of Course It Works Better
April 15th, 2024 · No Comments
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Computing · Expertise · Fatigue · Technology
More Words, More Errors
March 21st, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips It is simple math: the more words presented the more errors present. Rats. There is a big benefit to brevity: fewer errors. One way to consider errors is to look at the number of errors per the number of words. Something like five errors per one-hundred words. That is 95% correct and […]
Tags: Brevity · Communication · Competence · Error · Expertise · Improvement · Writing
It’s Easier Than Ever to Know a Little
December 18th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips There is so much information available to us, what do we do? Wait, there are also so many great summaries of information available to us. It is easier than ever to know a little. Is that a good thing? It is easier than ever to know a little: It is still just […]
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Expertise · Knowledge · Learning · Research · Wikipedia · Writing
Engineers and Philosophers
October 5th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips It is often best to leave the conversations of another profession to those other professionals. I am an engineer. There, got that out of the way. And I have a Doctor of Philosophy or PhD in engineering. I have not idea why they call the degree by that name. Oh well, got […]
Tags: Communication · Engineering · Expertise · Humility · Language
The Experts and the Rest of Us
June 5th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The experts devise a better way to do things. The rest of us attempt to follow their expert lead. We flop. Object-oriented programming flopped. Microservices and serverless computing flopped. I guess I could think of a few other great ideas that flopped. How about teaching kids to read via that total method […]
Tags: Choose · Expertise · Failure · Fatigue · Learning · Process
The WristCoach: Why not for the Rest of Us?
November 7th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Athletes are wearing encyclopedia’s on their wrists (some call them wristcoach). The device helps the memory at critical moments. Why can’t the rest of us wear them? We have all seen these on TV for the past several years. They are great big wrist bands that have all the plays or something […]
Tags: Appearances · Expertise · Fatigue · Humility · Remember · Tools
Expertise and Ego
October 27th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Is it okay to not be the person in charge? I am nearing the end of my professional working career. Maybe I will retire in a year or ten. Regardless of the retirement date, I have worked many more years than I will work, i.e., the past is bigger than the future. […]
Tags: Experiment · Expertise · Questions
A Place to Belong (after being isolated)
June 2nd, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Americans are coming out of isolation from our reaction to the virus. One result is a growing trend to form unions. There is a growing trend in America to form unions for workers in coffee shops, restaurants, warehouses, etc. The obvious explanation is that these places have become rich and have not […]
Tags: Commitment · Expectations · Expertise · Observation · Reaction · Remote Work · Virus · Work
The Buddy
May 30th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips It helps to have someone standing next to you. This is a simple, old, and often overlooked aid to working better. A buddy is someone standing next to you whom you assume knows what they are doing. Often, a few moments later, you both realize that you both assumed the other is […]
Tags: Appearances · Competence · Expertise · Group · Improvement · Observation · Other · People
How to Write as Fast as You Can Type
April 7th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips A writer can write 2,400 words in an hour and thereby finish a novel in 14 days (three weeks). Why don’t we? The average typing speed is 40 words per minute. That is 2,400 words per hour. If you write three hours a day and rest your hands the remainder of the […]
Tags: Competence · Expertise · Play · Practice · Writing