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Useful and Recommendable

December 5th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Non-fiction books should be useful and recommendable. It is easy to lose sight of these qualities. A book by Rob Fitzpatrick is full of these qualities. I recently finished reading a book of simple fundamentals for writing non-fiction. “Write Useful Books. A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction,” Rob Fitzpatrick, […]

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Tags: Authentic · Communication · Consulting · Notebook · User · Writing

Hand Jamming

June 17th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips When building systems, reduce the amount of intricate typing required by users. Sometimes we forget this and require too much hand jamming. I ran across the phrase “hand jamming” recently at work. I hadn’t heard that in years. I was happy to hear that some people still knew it and knew what […]

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Tags: Design · Error · Mistakes · Simple · Tools · User · Writing

Verification and Validation

December 15th, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips This is yet another fundamental to providing systems that delight users. Have we validated that we verified before vacation? Or is it the other way around? There was a time when verification and validation were so commonly used that we called it “V&V.” Then we wanted independent persons to perform V&V so […]

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Tags: Customer · General Systems Thinking · Requirements · Systems · Testing · User

The Livelihood Provider

May 24th, 2018 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips When building and maintaining a system, the fundamental question is, “Whom am I trying to please?” This post offers a different answer. User, Customer, Manager, Boss? What do I call the person I am trying to please when building or maintaining a system? Whom am I trying to please? Here is a […]

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Tags: Customer · User · Work