by Dwayne Phillips It is easy to use vocabulary that is popular at this moment. It is a bit more difficult to explain the situation in plain English. That exercise, however, is often well worth the effort. Here is some popular vocabulary in the endeavor of software development: It’s nice to toss out one or […]
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Popular Vocabulary
August 29th, 2024 · No Comments
Tags: Communication · Concepts · Expertise · Knowledge · Reframe · Vocabulary · Word
Apology and Behavior
March 25th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I stumble on something that everyone else in the world has already heard. It is still brilliant. The only apology is changed behavior. I heard that on TV the other day. It seems that in various forms, it goes back to ancient times. It was new to me. Still, it is brilliant. […]
Tags: Authentic · Change · Communication · Ethics · Reaction · Word
Jargon
December 14th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We continue to use too much jargon. Are we illiterate or just too lazy to type words? I am reviewing materials for a certification. Gosh, I am too old for this, but whatever. I won’t mention the name of the certification. I you continue reading this post, you can probably guess which […]
Tags: Brevity · Clarity · Communication · Conversation · Word · Writing
Liars (Mean and Otherwise)
November 9th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Once again, the world swings into yet another crisis. Many persons with good intentions intend to reduce the crisis by limiting what other persons can say and write about it. Nothing new here. We used to have silly liars. The National Enquirer is one great example. Hillary Clinton had an alien baby […]
Tags: Ethics · History · Thinking · Trust · Word · Writing
Nouns and Verbs
September 18th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Back to a basic: write with nouns and verbs. It brings us closer to brevity and clarity. Those are pretty good places to be. I was reminded of this short and powerful writing tip this past week. And yes, it was from Strunk and White. They used the title of the post […]
Tags: Communication · Information · Language · Review · Word · Writing
Not a Writer (?)
September 11th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Are you not a writer? Really. Just type the words you say. “You must understand, Dwayne, you are a writer,” several people over the years. Yes, I am cursed or blessed to be “a writer.” What do I do? I put my fingers on the keyboard and type the words that come […]
Tags: Communication · Technology · Thinking · Tools · Word · Writing
BYOD
August 24th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips BYOD or Bring Your Own Data is a big deal. It has been in computing since the start of computing. Nothing new here folks, but it is still important. Everyone is a data scientist (sort of). Everyone works for a data-centric organization (sort of). Data is the new oil (sort of). Data […]
Tags: Communication · Computing · Data Science · Information · Language · Software · Technology · Word
Symbolic AI, Machine Learning, and Cows
May 18th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The old ways of doing AI are still better than some of the new ways in some cases. The answer, of course, is to combine the best of all to do something better. Feed the following into a chatbot: “The cow jumped” The chatbot will finish with “over the moon.” That is […]
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · General Systems Thinking · Knowledge · Language · Learning · Machine Learning · Word
The Right Word and the Wrong Word
August 4th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips It is important to use the right or correct word and avoid using the wrong word. This is an old fundamental in writing and speaking. Why am I writing about this? Because I continue to encounter professionals who make this error often. What is the right word and the wrong word? Consider […]
Tags: Choose · Communication · Fatigue · Vocabulary · Word · Writing
The Boy Who Cried Wolf and Other Tales of Adulthood in the 2020s
June 9th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Please, choose words wisely so that actions will match the words. Yesterday, I was hit with a couple of examples of the Aesop’s fable. The trouble was, these were real life, and a boy wasn’t crying—it was adults jabbering nonsense. I won’t repeat the examples. There is something about these crying-wolf examples […]
Tags: Expectations · Fable · Honesty · Integrity · Management · Word