The simple act of paying attention to something will cause you to make connections you never did before, and you’ll improve the those areas – almost without any extra effort.
I’m not a believer in “free lunch” and I don’t think the universe vibrates things to you just by thinking about them. But the closest thing to a free lunch getting vibrated to you by the universe is writing things down as they happen.
Third Person: Director picked actor with bad audition
A look at the film: “Third Person” with director Paul Haggis and actor Moran Atias.
(towards end of the piece)
Healthcare.gov and the Gulf Between Planning and Reality
This is not just a hiring problem, or a procurement problem. This is a management problem, and a cultural problem. The preferred method for implementing large technology projects in Washington is to write the plans up front, break them into increasingly detailed specifications, then build what the specifications call for. It’s often called the waterfall method, because on a timeline the project cascades from planning, at the top left of the chart, down to implementation, on the bottom right.
.. It is also a dreadful way to make new technology. If there is no room for learning by doing, early mistakes will resist correction. If the people with real technical knowledge can’t deliver bad news up the chain, potential failures get embedded rather than uprooted as the work goes on.