Tag: stories
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The Meadow
A deserted industrial park might not seem like the most obvious place to find a state of zen, but that’s precisely the state Evan experienced as he ambled through the now overgrown paths that traced their way through a place he called BC. The world wasn’t deserted but this particular place at this particular time…
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There’s 8 months not 12
The more I study things, the more instances I find of things that started simple and became unnecessarily complex. Counter intuitively a lot of things start out simple and become complicated. The health service is a good example or an iPhone. The calendar is a great example – the calendar we used in the past…
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XYZ SYSTEM: SET Organisation
Version: 1.1 An introduction to the concept of SET. Why have a way to organise what’s in your head? Any kind of organisational system that works for you will reduce the energy you need to dedicate to it. It being the set of all the things you do and don’t do – but are in…
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AMA – Behind the Business Interview
Business starts local, so I’m happy to spend time helping out local businesses where I can. Fingal chamber of commerce graciously invited me to speak at their ‘Behind the Business Event’ as part of Local Enterprise week 2024. I received the potential questions in advance so I’ve spent time thinking about the answers in advance…
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You and you only make things true.
What do you think is true? Think of one thing in your mind that you believe is true. Examples; God is a divine being, My Football team are great, I am an expert at something, My Dad is good… There is no right answer, pick anything you want, it’s not about Judging, just pick something…
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Getting Coffee – Flash fiction AI images
This short story explores the protagonists struggle to complete a simple task like getting a coffee. The struggle is representative of the wider problem she has interacting with the world. She finds it hard to relate to the reality in which she finds herself and feels disconnected. The caffeine is the drug she uses to…
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Hunger – Flash fiction with AI images
The short story explores the protagonists need to eat, their problem is the feelings and pain they deal with as they struggle to ultimately satisfy their hunger. As an additional experiment the accompanying images were generated by the AI at https://www.unstability.ai/ The AI was fed a bullet point list of the description of the scenes.…
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Finding my Purpose.
I was asked a challenging question last week. “What is your purpose?”To ponder and perhaps try to answer the question, I decide that a long walk is in order. It’s a sunny morning in an otherwise wet July so off I go. Unemployed. Strolling through parkland on a lush, green July morning is a privilege.…
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XYZ System: Research
Now that you’ve seeded your story and fleshed out the ideas in Brainstorming, It’s time to enter the Research phase. The Research phase is meant to add some scope to the story and find its edges. The story can be any size, but it is during the research phase that you can determine the appropriate…
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33 Ways not to screw up your business podcast
Book review: 33 Ways not to screw up your business podcast – By Alastair Mc Dermott.RV Friday 7th July 2023 20:2310Km E Warm n Windy. A perfect Irish Day, While researching the ever evolving,”HTC How to company XYZ core story”, from concept stage into a more specialized reality, my research surfaced an old friend.Alastair McDermott…
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Agile Stories: Whats the story?
XYZ System: Agile Stories to Brainstorming. Section Summary: 1. If you at least get everyone to ask the same way then you’ll add clarity and consistency. 2. If you go to the next step and expand the context you’ll understand your project better. A Story in Agile is the name you give your idea.The idea…