by Dwayne Phillips In the past month or two, many have bemoaned the appearance of software that can write essays for students. I have yet to read concerns about software that teachers can use to write essay assignments. ChatGPT is ruining the world. Well, at least some folks think it is ruining their world. The […]
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What About the Teachers?
February 9th, 2023 · No Comments
Tags: Computing · Ethics · Machine Learning · Teaching · Technology · Writing
Politics and the English Language
January 23rd, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips For what it is worth, and I think it is worth much, read or review Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language.” I didn’t take many English courses in college (just one). While happy, at the time, to skip needless courses, I sometimes regret what I could have learned. Then again, I was […]
Tags: Communication · General Systems Thinking · Honesty · Thinking · Writing
The Metaphor and Thinking
January 19th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Old metaphors indicate many problems. One result, however, is that they prevent thought. Thinking is a pretty good practice, and I discourage anything that reduces it. The old metaphor should be avoided. George Orwell wrote about this in his essay on Politics and the English Language. Orwell wrote it much better than […]
Tags: Communication · General Systems Thinking · Problems · Solutions · Thinking · Writing
We Don’t Have to Write It All
January 9th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips If AI wrote this, is that okay? The question isn’t that difficult. In the past few months, we have all sorts of artificial intelligence or machine learning sites “writing” things for us. Well, this isn’t that intelligent or learned (in my humble opinion), but clever mimicry. Still it is quite useful. Why […]
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Concepts · Ideas · Information · Intellectual Property · Research · Work · Writing
The Editor
December 19th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips This post is about the person who edits. Most organizations no longer employ an Editor, and that practice is fraught with imminent peril. Consider The Editor: An Editor is a professional who is the voice of a company, ensuring that all written materials are accurate and of high quality. They work with […]
Tags: Communication · Competence · Education · Ethics · Writing
Writing, Publishing, and the Like
November 10th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips A conversation about writing and publishing and the like. A: It sounds like you have a book—in your head, in your ear, maybe even on paper. It also sounds like you would like to one day have a book in your hand and maybe in the hands of others. A: Tell me […]
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The “Take a Week” Writing Technique
October 10th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes, if you wait a week before writing something, you can write it well and quickly. Here is a writing technique that works for me. Try it; it may work for you. I think about something for a week. No great concentration, but thinking now and then, off and on, having conversations […]
Tags: Communication · Process · Writing
WDYLT?
October 3rd, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips A new acronym for each day: what did you learn today? I have read about a new trend called “quiet quitting” in which persons earn their paycheck (a necessary component) and do not more. They are not climbing the ladder or whatever we call is these days. They work hard and then […]
Tags: Learning · Remote Work · Work · Writing
A Simple and Functional Database
September 26th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Stop worrying about the next technology. Do something simple that has all the functions you need. The database. Sigh. Gosh, what is next? What is the next database technology that will solve all my problems? Requirements: Enter information. Find entered information. Read entered information. Change entered information. Solution: The ASCII text file. […]
Tags: Analysis · Computing · Data Science · History · Record · Simple · Technology · Writing
Working in the Cloud, in 1990
August 29th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Back in 1990, I was part of this cloud computing and remote work—in a manner of speaking. Cloud computing has enabled remote work—as we know it today. I guess the last five words are the key—as we know it today. Some of us have done this type of work for decades. Back […]
Tags: Cloud Computing · Remote Work · Work · Writing