DonPhilipFaithful

In order to prevent my programs from freezing up while running long calculations, I generally run the calculations on separate threads.  In Java, this process… Read More »Running Calculations on Separate Threads

I came across the story of a manager who felt that the best way to encourage desirable behaviours was through reward and humiliation.  This encouragement… Read More »Influencing Behaviour Using Persuasive Data

It isn’t too unusual for surveys to contain open-ended questions:  respondents would be free to enter their comments in any manner.  More on an operational… Read More »Dealing with Unstructured Input

In my blogs, I often distinguish between event data and metrics.  I usually say something to the effect that events help to explain the metrics… Read More »Internal Capacity, External Demand, and the Metrics of Consumption

I periodically use charts containing a crosswave “differential spectrum” or “event horizon.”  In this blog, I will explain the nature of the spectrum and the… Read More »Differential Spectrum – the Articulated Event Horizon

I routinely study differences in production between years by charting the data on the same graph. I consider this a popular approach. It makes sense… Read More »Organizational Distress – Cumulative Differential from Spliced Data

I was joking when I entered on Google, “Where was my coworker yesterday?”  After reviewing the responses that appeared from the search engine, I continued,… Read More »Embedding Narrative Sense into Web Documents