by Dwayne Phillips I have a concept, an idea, just the right thing. Now “all I have to do” is put it into words. I have a great idea. Here, you write it up and we’ll share the money.—Many a person who thinks they are a great thinker. A famous author (I can’t think of […]
It’s All Written Except for the Words
August 15th, 2024 · No Comments
Tags: Concepts · Ideas · Thinking · Work · Writing
Impractical
August 8th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips This is impractical. Still, someone wants to do it with their own resources. Please, do it. I want to write a novel. Why? We already have a zillion novels. Go to the library and read a few. I want to make a movie. Why? We already have a zillion movies. Go to […]
Tags: Energy · Experiment · Ideas · Practice · Resources · 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 […]
Tags: Design · Error · Mistakes · Simple · Tools · User · Writing
This Isn’t a Mystery Novel
June 3rd, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Writing about technology on the job breaks just about every rule taught in creative writing classes. That is because you are writing to inform, not entertain. Sometimes I encourage others at work who are writing about technical topics. Their job is to inform. I encourage them not to entertain. All these encouragements […]
Tags: Brevity · Clarity · Communication · Technology · Writing
Time to Write
May 16th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Many people struggle to find that elusive “time to write.” Others struggle to find to do anything else but write. Some people try in vain to find that elusive “time to write.” Something else is always in the way. This happens; that happens, and the time to write is not there. Fatigue […]
Tags: Choose · Communication · Concepts · Reading · Time · Writing
Which Part Do I Write Now?
May 2nd, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I have to write all the parts to have a whole. But the parts that comprise the whole will probably change. I am facing a big writing project (“big” of course is subjective). I have divided the whole big project into parts. Now, write each part, check off the parts in the […]
Tags: Adapting · Choose · Work · Writing
There Is No Crying in Baseball and Other Self-Contradictions
April 22nd, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Take caution with negative statements as they often contradict themselves. “There is no crying in baseball,” is a famous line from the movie A League of Their Own. (My wife says that is a movie about sisters. I say it is a movie about baseball.) That is a self-contradictory statement. One person […]
Tags: Analysis · Appearances · Clarity · Communication · Integrity · Learning · Meaning · Writing
Typing and Interruptions
April 11th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Reducing the time spent typing on the keyboards reduces the number of interruptions. There are new tools that reduce both. I can type fairly fast. At least I give myself credit for that. Like everyone else, I am interrupted while typing. I could estimate number of interruptions per hour or some rate […]
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Improvement · Mistakes · Technology · Time · Tools · Writing
More Words, More Errors
March 21st, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips It is simple math: the more words presented the more errors present. Rats. There is a big benefit to brevity: fewer errors. One way to consider errors is to look at the number of errors per the number of words. Something like five errors per one-hundred words. That is 95% correct and […]
Tags: Brevity · Communication · Competence · Error · Expertise · Improvement · Writing
The AI Pencil
February 12th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I share an idea for a manual writing instrument that I had several decades ago. Today’s technology might be ready for it. Several decades ago, I had this idea for a pencil, pen, or white board marker. I shared the idea with a few smart folks. Nothing became of it as the […]
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Ideas · Meetings · Technology · Writing