by Dwayne Phillips Data, data, data. Enough already. Just tell me something I don’t know. Data is the new oil. Data is the new bacon. Data will fuel the economies of the future. Data will determine the winner of the next world war. Data, data, data. I work with data. On some days, some folks […]
Entries Tagged as 'Knowledge'
Data is the New…Nausea
July 25th, 2022 · No Comments
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Data Science · Information · Knowledge · Learning · Machine Learning · Teaching
Inconvenient Facts
July 18th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips These inconvenient facts seem to be everywhere. They are inconvenient, however, only when we have a story to tell that denies reality. There are some old sayings like, “opinions being mugged by facts,” and “don’t confuse my opinion with facts,” and “there is nothing like facts getting in the way of my […]
Tags: Analysis · Appearances · Communication · Data Science · Knowledge · Observation
Augmented Reality in 1980
February 21st, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Forty years ago I saw what Augmented Reality could do. I’m still waiting for it. Back in 1980, I spent much of my workdays repairing electronic equipment (yes, I am that old). Pull a piece of equipment out of the rack, put it on the workbench, remove the cover, and trace through […]
Tags: Concepts · Engineering · Help · Information · Knowledge · Technology
Organized Disorganization
January 31st, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes we “know where everything is” despite outward appearances. Sometimes we have “a place for everything and everything in its place.” Sometimes both ideas work. Sometimes neither work. Data is everywhere. Data is the new oil or bacon or pizza or something good or bad. The trouble with data is if I […]
Tags: Analysis · Data Science · Information · Knowledge · Research · Technology
We Knew What We Were Doing, Right?
November 4th, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We are almost always uncertain. That is why we should plan key decision points. “We knew what were were doing, right?” asked one of the decision makers after everything collapsed. “Well, it sounded good when we started,” replied another one of the decision makers after everything collapsed. No, sorry, we didn’t know […]
Tags: Decide · Knowledge · Management · Planning · Resources · Time
Throw Away or Put Away (for now)
July 22nd, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We don’t have to “throw away” or discard ideas. We can always put them in a place to visit later. I have lots of ideas for writing, speaking, and generally contemplating. I don’t always have the time to use the ideas right now. That is fine. I save them for later, i.e., […]
Tags: Communication · Ideas · Journal · Knowledge · Library · Notebook · Writing
Explain Yourself!
September 7th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips One of the bigger compliments in the knowledge world in which we live is when someone wants to know what I know. “I don’t have to explain myself to you! I am a grand exalted expert in expertise and all grand exalted things!” said a frustrated expert when told, “Explain yourself.” I […]
Tags: Expertise · Knowledge · Respect · Teaching
Beware of the Unbalanced Relationship
August 24th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Take great caution when you enter an endeavor with someone who has far more experience than you. There are occasions in life when we enter a financial agreement in a terribly unbalanced relationship. One example: a parent dies. I am arranging the funeral, i.e., I am paying for it. I go to […]
The Knowledge-to-Opinion Ratio
July 13th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Similar to the signal-to-noise ratio is the knowledge-to-opinion ratio. Watch for it. sig·nal-to-noise ra·tio noun the ratio of the strength of an electrical or other signal carrying information to that of interference, generally expressed in decibels. The signal-to-noise ratio used to be important to most of us. While riding in a car, […]
Tags: Communication · Knowledge · Word
Common Sense and Others
February 17th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips It seems that “common sense” is what others need, which says much about me. Me: Someone who has that malady should stay home and get well. Me (later): I am fine. I am not that sick. I can do my job even when I am not completely well. Common sense. It is […]