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| TITLEMeet people where they are DESCRIPTIONThis isn't an original thought; if you propose to someone else a change that you yourself went through with success, you'll need to put yourself in the other's skin and see how confusing, scary or uncomfortable that change appears to them - not to focus on how wonderful things look to you now... SUMMARY href="http://www.dhemery.com/cwd/2003/05/meet_people_where_they_are.html">post on the topic is old enough by now to rate as a classic. But I'm in a situation now where this idea applies, in spades, so I'll contribute a concrete example. I've been retained to teach object-oriented programming, Java, and Web programming to people who have been and are still writing COBOL batch programs for mainframe computers. Different worlds! These people went through some training already a year ago, attempted to migrate one small application to Java and the J2EE infrastructure. They didn't get a... |
| TITLECicada Invasion and Oh Crap Marketing! DESCRIPTION(Originally published for E-mail update subscribers only...) If you don't live in the mid-Atlantic area you might not know that we are being invaded by Cicadas. A cicada is a huge insect that lives underground for 17 years feeding on roots. When the magic 17th year hits, they crawl out of their ..... SUMMARY... |
| TITLEAuthors Card Game DESCRIPTION Authors is a popular card game that has been around for well over 130 years and is still a favorite for players both young and old. The game is very similar to ?Go Fish? in where the players must request a specific card from the other player. If that ... SUMMARY... |