http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/blog.html en-us Copyright 2006 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:28:27 EST Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:28:27 EST http://thingamablog.sf.net http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Recently George Dinwiddie mentioned that some people may wonder why this blog has been so quite lately. Well, we've moved. ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/09-01-2006_09-30-2006.html#54 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/09-01-2006_09-30-2006.html#54 General 12/09/06 10:40 And I've changed how and where I do my blogging. I've converted my web-site to a tiki-wiki based existence. I ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/05-01-2006_05-31-2006.html#53 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/05-01-2006_05-31-2006.html#53 General 07/05/06 11:41 I found more information on view points. These are referred to in NLP as Perceptual Positions. Self The normal and ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/03-01-2006_03-31-2006.html#52 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/03-01-2006_03-31-2006.html#52 General 19/03/06 4:32 I met George Dinwiddie so long ago, CompuServe ruled the online world. We participated in the Software Development Forum. He ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/03-01-2006_03-31-2006.html#51 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/03-01-2006_03-31-2006.html#51 General 14/03/06 6:13 I recently read Johanna Rothman's article on  Context Switching. I need to let you, it just ain't so. Context Switching ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/03-01-2006_03-31-2006.html#50 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/03-01-2006_03-31-2006.html#50 General 06/03/06 8:19 We recently pruned the fruit trees in the backyard. I did it by myself the previous time, and the results ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/02-01-2006_02-28-2006.html#49 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/02-01-2006_02-28-2006.html#49 Communication 15/02/06 6:51 I just about finished the next blog post. The entry had everything. Marvelous content. Humor. Natural seques. I was to ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/01-01-2006_01-31-2006.html#47 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/01-01-2006_01-31-2006.html#47 General 22/01/06 2:40 "If I had six hours to cut a tree, I'd spend the first four sharpening my axe." - Abraham Lincoln ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/01-01-2006_01-31-2006.html#46 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/01-01-2006_01-31-2006.html#46 Systems 17/01/06 12:00 At one time, where I live in North Carolina was within 2 hours of 5 different NASCAR race tracks. Since ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/12-01-2005_12-31-2005.html#45 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/12-01-2005_12-31-2005.html#45 General 25/12/05 8:14 I found the following in some notes from October 2000. I don't remember why I made the observations. Requirements The ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/12-01-2005_12-31-2005.html#44 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/12-01-2005_12-31-2005.html#44 22/12/05 10:02 I went on a kayaking trip with some friends. We stopped and looked at the first rapid on the first ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/11-01-2005_11-30-2005.html#38 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/11-01-2005_11-30-2005.html#38 General 30/11/05 7:09 Re-reading my blog titles occasionally leads to interesting thoughts. Many titles mention change, and most entries have something to do ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/11-01-2005_11-30-2005.html#34 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/11-01-2005_11-30-2005.html#34 Systems 07/11/05 6:30 I'm working backwards. I started this entry on defining change. Then I realized change can't exist without systems. So, what ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/11-01-2005_11-30-2005.html#35 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/11-01-2005_11-30-2005.html#35 Systems 01/11/05 6:58 The "Simple Case of A500" occurred 10 years ago. I'm currently coding the "Son of A500". Completely different companies, completely ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/10-01-2005_10-31-2005.html#32 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/10-01-2005_10-31-2005.html#32 General 28/10/05 8:40 "A map is not the territory it represents, but if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/10-01-2005_10-31-2005.html#30 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/10-01-2005_10-31-2005.html#30 General 06/10/05 9:14 On your blog of Thursday, September 01, 2005 "Giving up to get ahead" you talk about moving insurance agents.  I've ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/09-01-2005_09-30-2005.html#29 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/09-01-2005_09-30-2005.html#29 General 12/09/05 8:26 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein. In my years in "da ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/09-01-2005_09-30-2005.html#27 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/09-01-2005_09-30-2005.html#27 General 01/09/05 8:08 We take in information from our environment in discrete steps. We abstract from the continuous data streams (aka "The Real ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/08-01-2005_08-31-2005.html#26 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/08-01-2005_08-31-2005.html#26 Communication 25/08/05 7:01 "Communication is a system of interaction. In some sense communication is always flawed because it is impossible simply to put ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/08-01-2005_08-31-2005.html#25 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/08-01-2005_08-31-2005.html#25 Communication 16/08/05 7:53 Can knowing how one system work help you understand how other similar systems work? Do software, project and physical health ... http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/04-01-2005_04-30-2005.html#19 http://www.donaldegray.com/blog/archives/04-01-2005_04-30-2005.html#19 Systems 11/04/05 9:15