Searching for Adrian; or, Why We Teach. And a Math Lesson
Why Do You Do What You Do? My first job out of college was as a supplemental mathematics instructor. I traveled around to classes…
How To Get Better At Anything
Occasionally I go to the gym with my kids and play a little basketball. I like to shoot free throws, because it’s less work…
Grab ‘Em By The Eyeballs; A Case Study of Good and Bad Headlines
Just my luck – sometimes a thing just falls right into your lap. Like on LinkedIn the other day, I saw this: Wow, a great…
How to Use the 3 Essential Ps of a Good Story in Nonfiction or Business Writing
As promised in a previous post, this article describes how to use the essential elements of a good story to make effective nonfiction or…
What “Show, Don’t Tell” Means, and How To Use It To Your Advantage
What “Show, Don’t Tell” Really Means There’s an adage in fiction writing that goes “Show, don’t tell”. The basic point is that if you…
The 3 Essential Ps of a Good Story
Stories are the way humans connect to others. Storytelling has been around far longer than blogs, spreadsheets, databases, and even civilizations that have come…
How to Organize Your Writing – Work Backwards
When you’re planning an article, a report, or a memo, you will need to organize your thoughts and write them. This article explains that working backwards is an effective method for outlining and creating the final product.
Critique My Code, Please
note, this article was originally published on LinkedIn Image by Jae Rue from Pixabay ROUTINE ShouldYouHireAWriter(ContentCalendar, SubjectMatterExpertList) DIM ContentCalendar AS array(ContentIndex, ProductionDate, ContentType, SkillRequired, LeadTime) DIM SubjectMatterExpertList AS array(Name, AreaOfExpertise,…
GIGO is a Sure Thing. The Converse – QIQO – is Nowhere Close
The phrase is supposed to be an inspiration to “clean up your data!” and make the “garbage” on the front end go away.
The purpose of this is to ensure that you have a “quality” product going in. The assumption is that simply putting quality in, we’ll get quality back out. If we rephrase, then, with the transformation from garbage to quality, we get “Quality In, Quality Out.”
But is this really true?
Your “Average” Stinks
Please note, a version of this post was first published on LinkedIn. Your “average” stinks. Doesn’t matter what that average is, I know it’s…