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An Analogy of Presence
Watching young ones with connectivity is always a lesson. You might see them being distracted, or mindlessly entertained. I see them as navigating multiple realities without a sense of the boundaries of bias or manners. Younger family members have been doing a thing where I’m put on FaceTime while they are doing something else. There’s sometimes silence when they are doing one thing, but I’m present. Others think or see this as “why aren’t you talking while on the phone? Continue reading →
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Homeostasis As Normal
What if productivity is getting to the point (or maybe knowledge work, or any kind of work for that matter) of establishing homeostasis as the normal state, and disorganized, stress, entropy, whatever you wanna call it as the abnormal? If this was the case, would we be looking at the concept of “weekend“ or “vacation“ in the same context that we currently do? Or, would work begin to take on a deeper meaning than simply “doing enough to survive. Continue reading →
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Design’s Credibility
While listening to Charles Barkley on the Draymond Green podcast, he brings up an interesting point regarding credibility. Paraphrasing: it doesn’t matter how an active player views something that’s happening in the league, but they have to tell the truth in such a way which doesn’t rip the player, but addresses the behavior. Charles goes on to use “he had a bad game,“ as an example. Because the player probably had a bad game that night, it doesn’t mean the player is horrible, the person is horrible, etc. Continue reading →
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Platform Semantics
Do I need to care about their platforms? This is a question often asked before going into certain types of training and consulting sessions. Part of this comes from a major disconnect in the workspaces others use. It only matters when brought in for some specific feature. But, also comes out when the thing needed isn’t the feature, but some kind of output the feature creates. Often, the output isn’t very unique, it’s a report or summary of what’s valuable or important. Continue reading →
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Independence and Superstition
Around this time of the year, many in the USA celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, cookouts, parades, and other festive moments. And yet, you can also see around the enterprise America’s own version of Independence Day celebrations. Everything from giving folks an additional day off, to introducing software platforms which reduce friction in workloads, to the on-boarding of summer interns and prime tasks. In many ways, independence has become just as much attention to faith of what it has become as it is a behavior to recognize a specific tradition. Continue reading →
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Sensemaking: Learning and Working
To some of us, “sensemaking” isn’t work. It’s an adventure… a self-fueled, sometimes even self-directed, path of discovery. When every “job to be done” is looked at thru the lens of sensemaking, it makes sense why some folks don’t find pleasure in work, it isn’t their sense - Source Been sitting on an intersection between working and learning - sensemaking. Sensemaking is a term worth marking this street post due to its ability to signal disorganization and profitability no matter now it branches. Continue reading →
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Comfort, Friction
Been doing this thing a little bit more frequently lately where when people are asking what Avanceé is, a demonstration happens. Specifically found on hardware (rings being worn, glasses being worn at that moment), or the flexibility that a desired platform does or doesn’t show (some funky workflows via Apple Shortcuts, AirTable play, or something a tick further in scope). And it’s really interesting how these interactive moments confirm routes for folks to consider whether or not their use of connected technologies is taking them forward or leaving them static in a changing world. Continue reading →
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Data Analysis is Weird
Something of an “off the cuff” title to this, but in thinking about a few items which have been in the inbox lately, it kind of makes sense. For example, one of the items in the inbox is of a session am currently conducting where folks have more or less needed to learn the basics of a specific analysis tool. The customer wants to move towards targeted trainings for specific features, but hasn’t yet identified what data points make the most sense for realizing success. Continue reading →
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Some Truths About Design
What are some things which may be true about design that seem to be ignored or looked over? Could there be truths about communication and design we would be best to run with, rather than continue with tradition? Possibly. Let’s explore a few. For example, how long does it actually take to “do design?“ That depends on what someone means by doing design. For many people, design is strictly aesthetics. And because it is looked at as strictly aesthetics, the truth about design is not really realized because other support structures are put in place to make up for not paying attention to the things that are beyond the aesthetics (user flow, training, surge efficiency, network performance, security, etc. Continue reading →
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Q1 2022 Avanceé Article Summaries
Running off to quieter platforms is often a decent way to make a distinct sound amongst the others. However, until traction happens, the quieter platforms often can use a boost. This, is that boost. The following articles are derived from projects and interactions from this quarter and slightly before. A Bit Off the Cuff A peek into the thoughts inside this Avanceé initiative as it started year three. Read Article Continue reading →
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