Category: Work
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A Day in the Stack: Every Tool Does One Job. The Story’s in the Handoffs.
I guest lectured a class recently. As usual, the best part came after the talk, when a student sent this(her magic wand question): “Wish you included one summary diagram that captures your entire AI stack. Some sort of table, with each tool listed that breaks down what you use it for, and where it fits…
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Overpreppers’ Paradise
In recent years I have been told far to many times that preps the way I do preps are: Oh, and feel free to add your own… Well, as it turns out. Luck favors the prepared. Imagine what luck you and teams have if you overprep? What I will try to outline is why this…
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3 is more than magic.
Using numbers, you can build the best story, pitch, or presentation or be more precise at parties. Specifically 3 and 5. There is no perfect formula for preparation in storytelling at large. But purpose-driven storytelling and persuasion require some level of repeatable behavior to allow you to do other things off-script. There is a relatively…
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My five questions to understand and learn.
These five questions, designed to understand how humans think, behave, and operate in the world, can be utilized in interviews or other interactions. The sequencing and follow-ups of these questions provide valuable insights into fear, our perceptions of concepts, the best and worst parts of our jobs, alignment with roles, and essential actions for companies.…
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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…
