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I’m looking for a few good software companies

Hey! Thanks for visiting this page. Looking back at this post I see I was over-verbose to say the least. If you prefer more concise presentation please go here: https://tangerinefocus.com/2022/06/08/the-form-of-engagement/ I’m looking for a few good software companies. Really. Please build the “TGN” features that I describe, into your apps and platforms. What is TGN? […]
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Bad Analogies

People sometimes make bad analogies. Analogies not apt. (very) Poor fit to the situation. They’re off target. They miss the relevant point(s) entirely. Sometimes they take a useful analogy and misapply it where it fails, oh, massively. The classic horse-drawn carriage buggy whip (and whip holder) analogy, applied to shaming the entire field of technical […]
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People Say

…the more digital worlds become “like” the real world per se as it is, the more the need for articulate expression of focused attention is required, demanded in fact, precisely by those life-like digital worlds. The technique for expressing focused attention clearly, persists, and will persist. But that is not enough. The technique MUST evolve. It’s been common for decades now to promote the idea that models (of any kind) should stand on their own, with the facility for articulating focused attention removed, abandoned. This is the single most destructive idea in this industry of the last 30 years. Continuing to perpetuate it today is fundamentally counterproductive. Counterproductive, and self-defeating.
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Thinking Together – The First Step – A Call to Attention

Achtung Baby! Atten-Hut! I went looking for movie clips of soldiers called to attention. This one’s funny. You can’t argue with (the great) Christopher Walken: Do I make myself clear? Sergeant Merwin J Toomey https://youtu.be/WvFpUJfPASc The particular formalities of military communication are interesting. But it’s the impetus for them I’m interested in. What basic universal […]
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Letter from a reader

An end of year post. There are positive signs of a purposeful coming new year. I wish this for everyone. All of us. I meet people who read this blog sometimes and I’m always amazed. This year, more people read the blog than any previous year. I’m grateful to everyone who reads it. Even better […]
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FOCUS: ‘a fireplace of the solar system’ – and – the foundation of thought

I often write about: focus (or attention) techniques of focus (or attention) the interplay between the act of focus and the world in which the focus takes place, and comparing world and focus (and their interplay) to model and technical drawing (and their interplay). Models are like worlds, as was clear long ago. But now, […]
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The Future of Technical Drawing (rev 1)

Why talk about technical drawing at all? Why think about its past, or reflect on its current state? Why try to envision its future? Or imagine it even has a future, when it’s typical these days — it seems part of the standard discourse in some circles — to dismiss the future of technical drawing, […]
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The Future of Technical Drawing

Why talk about technical drawing at all? Why think about its past, or reflect on its current state? Why try to envision its future? Or imagine it even has a future, when it’s typical these days — it seems part of the standard discourse in some circles — to dismiss the future of technical drawing, […]
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TGN: a framework for further interpretation by machine cognition – and human interaction with cognitive systems, applied against spatial digital models, via deepQA apps.

MACHINE LEARNING / AI COGNITIVE PART 2 PART 1, the evolution of drawing and its fusion within modeled environments, TGN, may have a secondary effect, on cognitive computing. The purpose of media is to support the thought process, to help us understand things. Media will continue evolving for this purpose. Tangerine’s TGN Spec, will play an […]
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