Every phenomenon is, below a certain threshold, zero-sum. (This may be the basis of the Second Law of Thermodynamics.) keywords: life, General Systems Theory, significance, Science, Physics

There is nothing that develops a man’s character more than contending with a specific request and a hard deadline. cf: “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” -- Samuel Johnson and cf: “The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer.” -- Charles … Continue reading OBSERVATION (character-development) →

Here is the link to the Wikipedia article on this topic. Note that text-to-speech (TTS) technology is a special case of this. keywords: talking, chatbots, playback, text to speech (TTS) technology

Configurability is the escape-route from stovepiping. keywords: cyberspace, IT, Information Technology, user-friendliness, convenience

A visually-centralized posting (such as on a screensaver) is a declaration. keywords: purpose, intent, staging, hijacking the narrative

The way that you dispose of packaging is no better than the way that you open the package. keywords: life, lifestyle, trash

From Pascal’s triangle in justified (left or right) form, the Fibonacci sequence can be read off. How cool is that? keywords: Mathematics, fun fact, teaching point

Exude casualness while chasing details. keywords: advice, life, presentation, foreground, background, diligence, non-plussed, keep calm

- remote parental control over all devices of child (phone, tablet, laptop, whatev) keywords: safety, security, convenience, obedience

Here is the link. cf: “Playwrights make nice house pets.” keywords: life, psychology, behavior, custom, domestication