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One last ride before the Honda was sold
A neighbour was selling his Honda cruiser so I took some stills and movement shots and combined them into a souvenir for him to remember his old bike. …Mike. © Mike Ellison.
Posted in Photographs, Wheel Images
Tagged cruiser, honda, mike ellison, motorbike, motorcycle, motovelocity, wheelimages
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A Tesla in Ottawa
Well, I didn’t expect to see a Tesla in Ottawa so soon. When the lights turned green, off he shot in a roar …of silence! A freaky experience to see something so quick be so quiet. …Mike. © Mike Ellison.
Who needs sunshine?
Who needs sunshine to get good pictures? Obviously on a grey day there’s no point trying to get good landscapes – or anything else featuring lots of sky. However, there’s still plenty of things to take pictures of in Ottawa … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs, Wheel Images
Tagged automobile, autovelocity, bronze, bus, car, fox, guild, memorial, mike ellison, octranspo, ottawa, reflections, statue, statues, terry, terry fox, twist, war, war memorial, wheelimages, wyse
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A pretty yellow Bug
Here’s a pretty VW Beetle I spotted in Paris way back in 1987. I’m digging through my old slides now - I got brave and took my scanner apart to clean the underside of the glass and the results are a … Continue reading
Three Minors and a Major – related scales made easy.
Do you find it hard to get your head around the four basic scales? The Major scale is easy but what’s all that with the Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor scales? Well, if you start from the right place it … Continue reading
Posted in iqi616, Musicianship
Tagged harmonic, iqi616, major, melodic, mike ellison, minor, music, natural, relative, scale, scales, tetrachord, tetrachords, theory
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Not so capable, not so mature, and no model
A gem I found on Wikipedia… Capability Immaturity Model The Capability Maturity Model counts up but the Capability Immaturity Model counts down. How many times have you come across these? 0: Negligent – they just talk about CMM -1: Obstructive … Continue reading
Posted in GonzoPM
Tagged capability, cim, cmm, gonzopm, immaturity, management, manager, maturity, mike ellison, model, project, wikipedia
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Are we ready yet?
So, you think that you have agreement from your stakeholders but then you talk to another stakeholder who modifies that decision. Should you go ahead? Absolutely not. Having very recently gone through this kind of situation outside work, I am … Continue reading
Posted in GonzoPM
Tagged checklist, decision, go, gonzopm, management, manager, mike ellison, no-go, project, readiness, requirements, stakeholders
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Someone’s watching you
Okay it’s a cat not a car but I’m allowed some fun. …Mike.
Designer projects
Hmmm… would my project look best in Chanel or Hilfiger? Actually that’s not what I mean. I’ve been reading The Genius of Design by Penny Sparke. I like to take one concept (in this case the design of physical objects) … Continue reading
Posted in GonzoPM
Tagged communicate, cycle, design, documentation, gonzopm, management, manager, mike ellison, plan, planning, project, stakeholders, team, weekly
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Importing from other blogs mostly successful
Well, I’ve still got some work to do. I managed to get the GonzoPM blog posts imported but not so much luck on the Wheel Images posts – missing posts (e.g. the Amphicar) and incomplete galleries. Even though I did … Continue reading