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The Provenance of a Dram
A poem composed in honor of The Daily Poem, a podcast from Goldberry Studios.
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Bedtime Acclamation
“I’m getting married on my head,”My sweet John Robert to me said.”Perhaps my DearShould wait a year.But now it’s time to go to bed.”
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Lost Improvements: An Analogy to Defects
Defects are not free. Somebody makes them, and gets paid for making them. W. Edwards Deming To summarize Deming’s teaching on defects, they cost an organization thrice. First, the defect is made, which robs the organization of a “working” product or service. Second, the defect must be identified, which also takes time and resources. Lastly,…
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The Non-Technical Economy
It seems that everything these days is about AI and how the world as we know it will end. Some are prophesying that entire swaths of our economy will be replaced by AI. Writers are lining up on both sides of the argument. As IT professionals, much has been written (or assumed) about the use…
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The Appropriation Paradox
My father joined the army fresh out of high school. After training as a “sigint” operator, his second tour took him to Munich, Germany. He married my mother shortly before moving to Germany and they settled in the small town of Bad Aibling, close to the army base and nestled under the gaze of the…
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