Friday, August 28, 2020

John Teel's Tech Tips


https://predictabledesigns.com/about/


Step Action Object
1 Define product, based on market research
2 Understand Costs and Obstacles en route to market
3 Formulate Plan to deal with costs/obstacles
4 Pick Development strategy and team
5 Design Schematic for Electronics
6 Generate Bill of Materials for Electronics
7 Design PCB
8 Develop Firmware and Software
9 Design 3D model for enclosure
10 Get Independent reviews
11 Build PCB Prototype
12 Build Enclosure prototype
13 Evaluate Prototypes
14 Get Certifications (UL,FCC, etc)

Sunday, August 09, 2020

The *ds of M$ and Why GOOG *Is* a Monopoly

*ds of M$ - why not have a easy way for the user to find out what has recently changed in his setup - especially without his intention!


Saturday, August 01, 2020

Stephen Covey Was an Idiot. Wait! Hear Me Out!

Why? Because he made it complicated.

Sure, you can take on these sophisticated behaviours and learn to "synergize" and watch the people who've grown up on sports teams make it look easy.

Or, you can look at what you're already doing and see what you can give up.

Which is easier for the hundreds of millions of people in the world who have neither the time, the access or the energy to read or grow?

If you wanted to transform your country by putting up habits posters in the buses and train stations, would you have stuff like

Think Win Win
Seek to Understand before You Seek to Be Understood

which means the people who already don't want to spend the energy thinking are going to have to think about what these mean, or would you rather have stuff like

The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective People

?

Think about it Kim Jong None!