My Musings

  • Book: Robot in the Next Cubicle

    “The company, Changying Precision Technology, manufactures mobile phones and at one point employed 650 people to meet operational requirements. Recently, however, the company has replaced 90 percent of its workforce with robots. The change was quite shocking, as productivity rose by 250 percent and defects dropped by 80 percent. Today the company only employs 60…

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    Charts versus Images

    Since I’m working with and learning how to use Power BI, I received one of Microsoft’s marketing newsletters which struck me as odd. It’s a beautiful marketing piece designed to produce an desire to try out Power BI. But what was odd was that the most compelling visuals were either imagery or the copywriting and…

  • Tiger Effect

    Normally, I don’t follow golf but last Sunday something remarkable happened. A lot of writers had hailed Tiger’s astounding victory at the Masters as something that will revive golf and will inspire many more people than when he won the Masters the first time around. This victory will be even more impactful. I tend to…