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Data, Information, Money—a Simple Example

June 7th, 2021 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Data is money. Information is money. Here is a precise, concrete, and specific example. Data is money. Information is money. Yeah, we hear that all the time. Really? What are you trying to sell me? A few years ago (dates and names withheld to protect the guilty) I worked in a job […]

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Tags: Data Science · Information · Management · Money

Many Volunteers = High Expense

February 11th, 2021 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips When many volunteers arrive, the expense shoots up. Are we prepared for this? Volunteers are great! All those fine people arriving and willing to work for no pay. Well, not exactly. A person’s time is worth money. A person’s time is worth other things. When a person volunteers, they are spending their […]

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Tags: Accountability · Expertise · Management · Money · Volunteer

Smart People, Worthwhile Problems

May 14th, 2015 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Here are the secrets to success in tech and any other business. (No, there isn’t anything earth-shattering here.) Okay, here it is, right at the start: Have smart people work on worthwhile problems. Sorry, I told you in the summary that this wouldn’t be earth shattering. So, let’s delve into this a […]

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Tags: Management · Money

Percent Change – A Review Tutorial

January 7th, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips This may be a waste of time, but I review how to calculate the percent change. I feel silly about this post. I am going to show how to calculate the percent change in numbers. I learned this when I was 12 or 10 or something in school math. A look at […]

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Tags: Communication · Education · Government · Money

Consumer

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Some musings about personal spending and saving. I’ve never been a good consumer. By that I mean that I have never consumed enough. It seems that the American economy in the past half-dozen decades has been driven by consumers. The more people consume, the more jobs there are for producers who then […]

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Tags: Culture · Money