Mistakes… Handling of

It’s come to summer hiatus. So, let’s review! We’ve gotten a little sophisticated of late. During the next weeks, we’ll get “Back to the Basics” required in professional practice.

“Knocked down six times? Get up seven times!”
—Japanese Proverb

How

Returning Decorum to Discourse

It’s come to summer hiatus. So, let’s review! We’ve gotten a little sophisticated of late. During the next weeks, we’ll get “Back to the Basics” required in professional practice.

(Originally posted August 14, 2010)

“Eric

The Thicket

“Ah but I was so much older then.
I’m younger than that now…”
My Back Pages by Bob Dylan

The following is a fictional account, summarizing an emergent theme which is presenting itself with increasing regularity. Any resemblance to a real-world person is purely accidental.

“So, I was fascinated

Self-IMPORTANT

“The ‘I’ does not see itself.
Among the Great Teachings, there is a surprising consensus
that ‘self,’ is that which looks… the witness.
So, not the ‘Self-Image,’ not the false construct of Ego, not
the Voice in the Head Keeping Score, but that quiet, insistent
presence. It doesn’t speak, it bears witness…”
— J. R. StJohn

One aspect of

Maestro!

Woz
“You can’t write code. You’re not an engineer.
You’re not a designer. You can’t put a hammer to a nail.
I built the circuit board. The graphical interface was stolen!
How come I read ten times a day that Steve Jobs is a genius?
What do you do?”

Steve
“The