Author: mikeswelsh
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Of microns and masks
I found this article when looking up the what the deal is with microns and masks. The net net is that mask is better than no mask. How much for how long and what percentage etcetera is in the link below. So I bought in early March when all the lockdowns started the O2Canada Mask……
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Catalina 10.15.4 kernel panic on laptop, workaround working for me. Fingers crossed. WindowServer mystery.
Quick summary can be found on apple communities here. I read up on various workarounds, my setup is dual monitor using a Kensington dual monitor dock. So I was being frustrated by random reboots when finished work and leaving laptop open. I have two screens and a Kensington Dock. Kensington SD4700P Dual Video Dock The…
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Single Source of truth mythology
‘Source of truth’ in design is non-sense. In software data schemes and such, it makes sense. There is a myth that you can liberally apply this mental modeling to design or design deliverables and the assets used by development to build software. Traceability, the more appropriate term and practice is what is useful, valuable and…
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Turnstile + train schedules and capacity = platform density in realtime
The Social Distancing Index™ Is this a calculation that can be made for people and get alerts on their phones? Could there be a series of calculations to determine density of passengers on platforms and platform areas. Can that data combine with crowd sourced information and using multiple data sets and some assumptions and inferences.…
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FuelMinder™ Number of gallons per min x pumps = fuel occupancy per store
Can you project more refined busy index for fuel locationsusing meters that already exist to infer busy idle indexes and get prediction alerts with your distance to the pump calculated. There are many ways that data counting can give indicators leading and lagging on traffic, behavior and opportunities to offer consumers opportunities. Simple data awareness……
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Watch > Act vs. Act > Watch
Stimuli response paradox. When, offers – behavior = static conversion Think for a second how we behave as humans. Many actions we take are driven by basic needs, hunger, thirst, safety and shelter and so on. The stimuli and response model of behavior has some issues when you think about how business models are developed.…
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My mom made me a storyteller. My dad fixed/forced me out of any comfort zone.
My mother said I had the gift of gab. I was a chatty child, and in a large family getting a word in edge-wise was hard. Somewhere back there it began. In fights, I would try and talk my way out rather than just fighting it out. Girls, if they even paid a little attention,…
