Artificial Intelligence

AI is no more fearful and dangerous than any other new tech that we have seen in the past 50 or more years. And there will be more.

Orthgonality, Software Engineering, Agilist

What Have I learned about Orthogonality, Software Engineering, and being an Agilist? Some possible Definitions:

Technique Enforced Process (Orthogonality)

An Event initiates a Process. The Process collects, manipulates and saves Data including a State setting. Each change in State (including from No State to a State) can be used as an Event. There are many external Events which occur and trigger their associated Processes within an automated application. As examples: Two Master Processes areContinue reading “Technique Enforced Process (Orthogonality)”

A I is Biased

Most intelligence is biased towards the things they believe they already know. People rely on their own knowledge and experience to make choices, make suggestions, or somehow control their lives. Software (like AI) bases their choices and responses on what they have retained from their learnings and use those learnings to respond as well asContinue reading “A I is Biased”

Soon To Be A Lost Art

This is a FIRST, although it really is a second or third depending on when you start counting. I started writing a Newsletter back in the day (1980’s) when I was running a Technical Services team where we provided Standards (and Enforcement), Training (in support of an IT department interested in growing skills and people),Continue reading “Soon To Be A Lost Art”

The Chief

The Chief was the name we used when refering to our GrandFather: John Hiczwa. He came from Poland or Serbia with his wife: Sophie and they started their new life in the United States in the early 1920’s. You can read more about them in my book: “A Cowboy’s Reflections” on Amazon but this isContinue reading “The Chief”

Networking Sep 29 2021

“The Science of Networking” presented by RICK TASHMAN!  Zoom Mtg. Weds. 9/29/21 @10 a.m. EST Job-Seeker Network est. 1986 at the Catholic Church of St. Ann †LinkedIn Group: (10) CAREER QUEST at St. Ann’s Church | Groups | LinkedIn Hosted by Career Quest & Life Lessons Over Lunch Networking! NEW PRESENTATION! Rick Tashman …his clients describe him as The MacGyverContinue reading “Networking Sep 29 2021”

FINALLY! The Book is REAL!

It’s been talked about, revised, re-printed, regaled! But until now, has only existed on the Software Engineering blog. Last year I moved the content of that blog to my new website: http://www.thepathtoinkc.com and a few more people found it to be entertaining, valuable, interesting, and worth following. So, ya have to wonder why I stillContinue reading “FINALLY! The Book is REAL!”

K P I Requirements

Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) are measurements and projections that can help a management team make decisions about the Strategic and Tactical Plans for the future of an organization. Many business requirements describe operational necessities of an application or a business App or Function but how should we expect a Requirement for a K P IContinue reading “K P I Requirements”

Time for THE BOOK

A few weeks ago (May 2018), I started a “Go Fund Me” site to gather some money so that I can publish “The Book” that represents many of the ideas from this blog. The Title of the book will be: “IT’s Lost Art of Software Engineering” and will contain much of what has been postedContinue reading “Time for THE BOOK”