AI is a wonderful tool, but just as claw hammers have shortcomings for watch repair, AI’s subject matter expertise can fail.
Presented for your review, musings on ambitions, processes, and things gone awry at Deloitte.
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All too often, company welfare gets left behind when short term thinking replaces thoughtful business philosophy. Could that be what’s happening at Affinity?
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LinkedIn is set to harvest user data for export to Microsoft and other affiliates. The payoff? We all get to train AI.
I have a few thoughts – read on, see if you agree with me!
Read more or commentLet’s talk some old school stuff. Technical writing. The Agile Manifesto rang true for good reason. It reflected what was wrong with hidebound development and
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Ever thought it would be a good idea to catch bugs before they happen?
Or how about testing that actively works for you, instead of heckling your efforts.
Interested? Read on, and let me know your thoughts!
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Open source – some people still criticize it. Solarwinds is not an open source company, but maybe they should consider the idea.
There is a lot more at stake, too. Read on, and let me know what you think!
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There are better tools for success than writer’s block and a stylish artisan’s ennui. As with many things in life, hauling halyards and time spent at a sailboat’s tiller teaches natural lessons. A sailboat isn’t just a vessel, she’s a philosopher of keen insight.
Read on, see what I learned about writing from crossing a lake, and let me know what you think!
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So what, exactly, is cross platform RESTful paradigm optimization? Add Bacos, croutons, a dollop of ranch dressing, and it’s a good start on a nice word salad. Other than that, it’s nothing very specific.
Such is the nature of buzzwords. They are useful if they refine meaning for your audience, toxic otherwise. The Lynyrd Skynyrd crowd already knows what NASCAR means. Mars colonists 500 years from now might have no idea what you’re talking about.
Fortunately, there are ways to avoid OOPS, or Overtly Obfuscated Prolixity Syndrome. Read on for some thoughts, and if you had to look up prolixity, no worries. It’s not exactly common in conversation. Neither are specialty buzzwords.
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Need to manage your options?
Here’s a nifty way to handle command line arguments in Python, and it will make your code a bit more user-proof at the same time.
Check out my wrapper on top of Python’s getopt module. It’s handy!
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Know what bad technical writers have in common with novelists? With a vaudevillian rimshot, if you please, they both write fiction. Fortunately, there’s a path to redemption. Join me for a look at what goes into good documentation.
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