Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips Technology changes. Practice changes with the technology. Nothing new here, but it requires me to change. Aargh. Sometimes I don’t like that. There was a time when Xerox machines didn’t work as well as they do now. I guess I should call them copy machines instead of Xerox machines. There was a […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Alas, we worked from home during the PAN(dem)IC. Now we are encouraged to live in the office with everyone else. In the title of this post, “home” is a verb and “work” is a noun. Make the office your home. Live at work with your colleagues. During the great PAN(dem)IC (we are […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Tools cost money. Tools amplify abilities. It may seem obvious, but consider if the amplification is worth the cost. Tools cost money. Tools also amplify the ability to do something. A lever helps me lift an object. The lever is not free. Is it worth it? That is pretty basic. Of course […]

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by Dwayne Phillips AI is a tool to be used by those who provide ice cream cones and honey buns. Lose sight of that and advance at your peril. Who is going to be the winner in all this AI competition? Who is going to be the loser in this? After all, avoiding losing is […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Which way is AI going? The big datacenter or on my little laptop computer? We seem to be at some fork in the road regarding artificial intelligence. The big (colossal) datacenters are rising from the farmlands of America. Big, bigger, and even bigger. If the price doesn’t run into the hundreds of […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes, some things are important to me. It is usually a mistake to extend that importance to another person. The idea hit me. This is IMPORTANT! I will dig into this topic. I will expand it in many ways. Me: Hey, look at the results of my analysis. I have looked at […]

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by Dwayne Phillips One of the greater challenges is to continue what was started on the other side of an event. We have the best intentions. Let’s work on topic A. Topic A is important. Topic A deserves all our attention. Here we go! Topic A is it. Boom! Something happens. Sometimes it is merely […]

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by Dwayne Phillips The world of computing has turned upside down. In 2001, Marc Andreesen noticed and noted, “Software is eating the world.” Here I am to notice and note, “Hardware is the new software.” Everyone wants to buy computer hardware. Prices of computer hardware are shooting upwards as demand far exceeds supply. If you […]

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by Dwayne Phillips As much as we “have a better idea” and want to revise, sometimes the first version is the best. The first draft. The bane of writers of fiction and non-fiction. Let’s fix it. Okay. That’s the first version. Let’s revise as we become “smarter.” Are we always becoming smarter? Sometimes not. The […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Endeavors have fine, precise adjustments. The details matter. There, however, is a time for details and fine, precise, adjustments. The early stages of work is not the time. I wish I was smarter. I wish I knew all the details and adjustments and the little factors of success at the start of […]

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