Victor Rozek
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As I See It: The Dons of Dialogue
September 10, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreBack in the 400s BC, two obscure Sicilian poets, Sophron and Epicharmus, wrote what scholars believe to be a series of two-performer plays. Although their work did not survive, it acquired an ancillary importance because it inspired the work of a more notable personage, Plato. He used the theatrical format to develop what would become known as the Platonic dialogues–instructional vignettes in which Socrates and one or more interlocutors expound on the finer points of philosophy.
Beyond its dramatic appeal, dialogue proved useful as a non-threatening structure for the discussion of controversial subjects. It became, perhaps, the first communication model,
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As I See It: The Dons of Dialogue
September 10, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreBack in the 400s BC, two obscure Sicilian poets, Sophron and Epicharmus, wrote what scholars believe to be a series of two-performer plays. Although their work did not survive, it acquired an ancillary importance because it inspired the work of a more notable personage, Plato. He used the theatrical format to develop what would become known as the Platonic dialogues–instructional vignettes in which Socrates and one or more interlocutors expound on the finer points of philosophy.
Beyond its dramatic appeal, dialogue proved useful as a non-threatening structure for the discussion of controversial subjects. It became, perhaps, the first communication model,
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As I See It: Of Toads and Time
August 20, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreMark Twain, a man who could find humor in the heartbreak of psoriasis, once offered a simple formula for getting through the day. If the first thing you do each morning is eat a live frog, Twain opined, you can be pretty certain it will be the worst thing that happens to you all day.
While a dose of self-imposed morning sickness doesn’t sound too appetizing, Brian Tracy found a more precise application for Twain’s axiom. Tracy thought Twain’s morsel of wisdom so compelling that he used “frog eating” as the metaphorical foundation for a modest book on time management.
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As I See It: Of Toads and Time
August 20, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreMark Twain, a man who could find humor in the heartbreak of psoriasis, once offered a simple formula for getting through the day. If the first thing you do each morning is eat a live frog, Twain opined, you can be pretty certain it will be the worst thing that happens to you all day.
While a dose of self-imposed morning sickness doesn’t sound too appetizing, Brian Tracy found a more precise application for Twain’s axiom. Tracy thought Twain’s morsel of wisdom so compelling that he used “frog eating” as the metaphorical foundation for a modest book on time management.
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As I See It: Of Toads and Time
August 20, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreMark Twain, a man who could find humor in the heartbreak of psoriasis, once offered a simple formula for getting through the day. If the first thing you do each morning is eat a live frog, Twain opined, you can be pretty certain it will be the worst thing that happens to you all day.
While a dose of self-imposed morning sickness doesn’t sound too appetizing, Brian Tracy found a more precise application for Twain’s axiom. Tracy thought Twain’s morsel of wisdom so compelling that he used “frog eating” as the metaphorical foundation for a modest book on time management.
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As I See It: Policeware
August 6, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreIs it just me or is the Federal Bureau of Investigation running out of clever names for its clever software? I mean, first we had Carnivore, which conjures up something toothy and predatory; then we had Magic Lantern, which evokes mystical, Harry Potteresque powers; and now we have CIPAV, which sounds like, well, like it was written by IBM.
CIPAV is short for Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier, and we might never have heard of it if it wasn’t for the foolish antics of Josh Glazebrook. Glazebrook was a troubled student at Timberline High School near Olympia, Washington.
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As I See It: Policeware
August 6, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreIs it just me or is the Federal Bureau of Investigation running out of clever names for its clever software? I mean, first we had Carnivore, which conjures up something toothy and predatory; then we had Magic Lantern, which evokes mystical, Harry Potteresque powers; and now we have CIPAV, which sounds like, well, like it was written by IBM.
CIPAV is short for Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier, and we might never have heard of it if it wasn’t for the foolish antics of Josh Glazebrook. Glazebrook was a troubled student at Timberline High School near Olympia, Washington.
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As I See It: Policeware
August 6, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreIs it just me or is the Federal Bureau of Investigation running out of clever names for its clever software? I mean, first we had Carnivore, which conjures up something toothy and predatory; then we had Magic Lantern, which evokes mystical, Harry Potteresque powers; and now we have CIPAV, which sounds like, well, like it was written by IBM.
CIPAV is short for Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier, and we might never have heard of it if it wasn’t for the foolish antics of Josh Glazebrook. Glazebrook was a troubled student at Timberline High School near Olympia, Washington.
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As I See It: Lawyers, Lies, and Statistics
July 23, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreHere’s a statistic guaranteed to curdle the cream in an IT professional’s coffee. The huge populations of China and India have produced a correspondingly huge crop of offsprings–628 million kids under the age of 15, give or take a village. That’s a lot of young people who will soon (if they haven’t already) enter the global labor market. Americans, on the other hand, have sired some 60 million moppets, who blissfully haunt the nation’s malls, unaware of the approaching competitive tidal wave about to engulf them.
That’s a 10 to 1 disadvantage. Not good odds for future job seekers or
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As I See It: Lawyers, Lies, and Statistics
July 23, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreHere’s a statistic guaranteed to curdle the cream in an IT professional’s coffee. The huge populations of China and India have produced a correspondingly huge crop of offsprings–628 million kids under the age of 15, give or take a village. That’s a lot of young people who will soon (if they haven’t already) enter the global labor market. Americans, on the other hand, have sired some 60 million moppets, who blissfully haunt the nation’s malls, unaware of the approaching competitive tidal wave about to engulf them.
That’s a 10 to 1 disadvantage. Not good odds for future job seekers or