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Do and Claim, in That Order

March 6th, 2023 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips There are many endeavors in which it is important to do something before talking about doing it. Have an idea for a book? Great. Don’t pitch the idea to publishers. They will expect you to come back with 90% of the book in hand. Then they will talk to you about you […]

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Tags: Concepts · Ideas · Intellectual Property · Resources · Stories · Tools · Work

We Don’t Have to Write It All

January 9th, 2023 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips If AI wrote this, is that okay? The question isn’t that difficult. In the past few months, we have all sorts of artificial intelligence or machine learning sites “writing” things for us. Well, this isn’t that intelligent or learned (in my humble opinion), but clever mimicry. Still it is quite useful. Why […]

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Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Concepts · Ideas · Information · Intellectual Property · Research · Work · Writing

The Wonder of Carbon Paper

July 12th, 2021 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Today’s copy machines make and store digital copies that go somewhere to someone. Carbon paper still makes a copy for safekeeping that goes to only those I designate. Copiers—”xerox machines” we used to call them—are now digital. When you make a copy, a there is a digital record of the original somewhere. Hence, […]

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Tags: Copyright · Intellectual Property · Technology · Tools · Writing

Dear Employers: Don’t Ask for Bribes

June 28th, 2018 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Please don’t ask job seekers to do something for you. That is work that has monetary value. we all know what it is to give someone money before they do their job…bribery. The recruiter or hiring manager asks, “Please write a one-page essay (short computer program, simple design, webpage for fictitious company, […]

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Tags: Employment · Intellectual Property

Dear Employers: Don’t Ask for Stolen Property

June 25th, 2018 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Employers often ask job seekers for stolen property. Please don’t do that. It happens frequently. The employer’s recruiter or hiring manager asks the job seeker, “Can you show us some source code (proposals, web pages, white papers, designs, etc.) that you’ve done previously?” That’s an innocent request. That’s a good request. Let’s […]

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Tags: Economics · Employment · Information · Intellectual Property