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Tag Archives: personal development
Zoot Suits and Not-So-Bad-Dancing
I started swing dancing in 2001, during the tail end of the craze that started around the time of the 1998 Gap Commercial (famous among other things for popularizing the 3D still pan effect also prominent in the seminal sci … Continue reading
Posted in Software
Tagged analysis, changing technology, Experience, personal development
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If You’re Going To Use That Time on the Road, Here’s How
So you’re on the road and have some time on your hands. You decide to buff your skills or do some research or work on a demo project. Here’s how you might go about it. Work on a certification: There … Continue reading
Use Time on the Road Effectively
While a lot of folks are traveling for the holidays it’s a fine time to comment on how best to make use of your time while traveling for work. I’ve experienced three kinds of business trips and you should employ … Continue reading
Posted in Soft Skills
Tagged business travel, learning, Observations, personal development, training
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Discovery Takes Place on Many Levels
Technical projects involve learning on many different levels. You learn about your customers, your colleagues, yourself, technologies and techniques, modes of organization, ways to prevent errors, ways to add value, your customer’s project, how to do the next person’s work, … Continue reading
Suggestions for How to Learn More Quickly
I’ve encountered a few interesting comments and stories about how to learn things more quickly. One thread that runs through all of them is frequent review. It’s one thing to blast through and learn something, even to the point of … Continue reading
You Can’t Always Get Kismet, But You Can Avoid Terrible
Sometimes things just come together. You end up with magic. Kismet. And maybe a nice trophy. And sometimes you don’t. My fraternity at Carnegie Mellon was rarely any good at Buggy (also called Sweepstakes) but we were always competitive in … Continue reading
Artists and Technicians
A lot has been written about learning styles but there are questions about how meaningful it is and I’m not an expert anyway. I have, however, always felt that there are two opposing approaches to learning that each end where … Continue reading
How and Why I Got My Certifications
For years I never worried about getting certified in anything. I was steadily developing skills and picking up new things. I already had the jobs I wanted. I was able to learn what I needed from books or the occasional … Continue reading
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Tagged certifications, Experience, personal development, Software
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Getting “In The Zone”
I worked on nuclear power plant training simulators at Westinghouse with up to 250 colleagues. I obviously didn’t meet or get to know them all but I worked with and hung out with a bunch of them and some clearly … Continue reading