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 'Fatigue'
Of Course It Works Better
April 15th, 2024 · No Comments
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Computing · Expertise · Fatigue · Technology
Nap More, Talk Less
January 18th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Along with the sage advice, “listen more, talk less,” I add, “nap more, talk less.” “People who nap in the day are lazy.” My mother told me that countless times. Sometimes I disagree with things my mother told me. Now to the title of the post: before opening mouth, rest. Fatigue always […]
Tags: Communication · Fatigue · Learning · Listening · Rest · Writing
Accelerate the Learning
October 19th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Learning is good as it leads to better performance and other beneficial things. There are tools available that accelerate learning. Let’s use those. I try to learn. Sometimes I forget to learn. Yes, fatigue clobbers my mind and I simply forget to notice things, store them, and use them. There are tools […]
Tags: Competence · Energy · Fatigue · Growth · Humility · Improvement · Learning · Thinking · Tools
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
Sometimes I Don’t Take the Podium
February 6th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I like to speak in front of audiences. I like to take the podium and talk. Sometimes, however, I don’t take the podium. Sometimes, I need another person to stand in the way and say, “No, not today.” I recently attended a memorial service for someone who died. Close family members stood […]
Tags: Breathe · Clarity · Decide · Fatigue · Health · Honesty · Humility · Permission
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
Scale or Interest?
August 15th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips This solution didn’t scale, so we stopped using it when it hit its limit. Perhaps the actual explanation is that we lost interest in this solution, so we stopped using it when we became tire of it. There are many occasions when a new system works when it is new. Everyone is […]
Tags: Expectations · Fatigue · Management · Problems · Scale · Solutions
The Right Word and the Wrong Word
August 4th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips It is important to use the right or correct word and avoid using the wrong word. This is an old fundamental in writing and speaking. Why am I writing about this? Because I continue to encounter professionals who make this error often. What is the right word and the wrong word? Consider […]
Tags: Choose · Communication · Fatigue · Vocabulary · Word · Writing
AI: Algorithm-Assisted System
November 8th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I have a failing in that I like to call things what they really are. Hence, I take on the recent AI financial boom. AI is everywhere (too bad we don’t seem to feel that real intelligent people are everywhere, but that is another topic). AI drives our cars. AI reads our […]
Tags: Ethics · Fatigue · General Systems Thinking · Systems
But We’re Tough (not)
May 10th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The claim of greater “better-ness” and ensuing failure seem to associate frequently. There is an old story of programmer who coded for six hours. Then, instead of going home, the programmer coded two more hours and made enough mistakes in those two hours that it took the rest of the week to […]
Tags: Adults · Expectations · Fatigue · Humility