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#33586: to make you a more effective at your job
remove the middle a? -->
to make you [a] more effective at your job--Frode R. Helgesen

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#34146: This sentence has an error:
Knowing these common bugs is the first step in mitigate them.--Kevin Tonon

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#34148: In this chapter, we’ll look at ___it___ what it means to be a novice, an expert, and all the stages in between.
--Kevin Tonon

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#33588: On page 32 you write Competent practitioner with a capitol C. In the paragraph on page 33 on proficient practitioners, you use a small P. Shou...more...
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#33935: [Bottom of page, item 2.] "The particular medication not on the ward's usual approved list." needs the word "was" after "medication".--Chris Imershein

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#33936: [Footnote 15] "This was an older study; don't calling the hospital up now..." --> "don't start calling" OR "don't go calling" (depending on ho...more...
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#33937: [2nd full paragraph, 2nd sentence] "Feedback from coders to architecture, requirements, and even business process has traditionally been..." -...more...
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#33938: [2nd full P, last sentence] "Agile methods help to promote this feedback and utilize it effectively, ..." --> "Agile methods help to enable be...more...
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#33964: 15. This was an older study; don’t be* calling the hospital up now with bogus orders, or the Feds may well come a-knockin’. Regional colloq...more...
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#33967: ->Tip 6 The sentence overflows the tip box, suggest to make the box bigger to accomodate the sentence. Will be fixed in type setting. --...more...
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#33968: Second paragraph:

“it depends.” -> the full stop should be after the closing quote rather than before.--Sami Ahmed

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#33837: Third paragraph, sentence four: They don't see themselves are part of the system, so they... Maybe should read: ...see themselves as part ...more...
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#33958: The footnote says: "Verbal Overshadowing of Visual Memories; Some Things Are Better Let Unsaid [SES90]." Guess it should be "... Are Better L...more...
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#34117: 5th paragraph 1st sentence in the grey sidebar reads:
Dr. Betty Edwards, of The New Drawing...
should be: Dr. Betty Edwards, author of The..--Erbsenzaehler

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#33939: Figure "H" is split between two pages. May want to ensure that typesetting keeps it all on one page (along with "Consider the following figur...more...
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#33992: [2nd para] "... you might discover what's really going on. or perhaps try the same thing with a user interface design: ..." --> Capitalize "Or"
--Chris Imershein

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#34266: Try that befor*e* reading on. . .--Sami Ahmed

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#33993: "But if you take it for granted, you fall into the symbolic reduction fallacy." --> "... you can fall ..." [Failure to Predict, 1st para, l...more...
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#33994: [end of 1st full para] "An awful lot **of possible events** can hide in this hole, and we get blind-sided by these kinds of unexpected events....more...
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#33995: Consider adding 2 "that"'s: [end of 2nd full para] "Be comfortable with the fact **that** you don't know." [3rd para] "... without appre...more...
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#33997: [top para, last sent.] "... the biases that drive any **other** particular generation will be different from the biases that drive you and you...more...
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#33998: [very bottom line] "But depending on whether you are in you 20's, or your 40's, ..." --> "**your** 20's"
--Chris Imershein

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#33999: [clips from end of p135 to top of p136] "...the terrorist attacks of 9/11 were a major, shared global event,... ...your reaction to those even...more...
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#34000: [near top] "Here are a couple of axes I can think of:" --> "Here are a few aspects..." || "dimensions" || "facets" (While "axes" is a perf...more...
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#34001: Perhaps a clearer, more iconic photo could be used for the Baby Boom Generation? (no particular suggestions, but the current one seems to lack...more...
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#34002: [middle of page] "...help shed basic understanding as **to** why people value the things they do..."
--Chris Imershein

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#34003: [List of four generational archetypes] Prophet -- vision, values. Nomad -- liberty, survival, honor. Hero -- community, affluence Arti...more...
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#34136: [2nd P in Testing Yourself] "any" --> "and" in "To help get a bigger picture perspective ##any## test your understanding and mental model, as...more...
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#34137: [Last non-footnote P] Need to capitalize "Is":
"Do they passively agree? is that a danger sign?"
--Chris Imershein

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#34139: [Top P] "it's" --> "its" (possessive) in 3 places: 1) "...try and also define ##it's## opposite." 2) "If all you have is a label, it's h...more...
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#34140: other's --> others' (plural possessive) in 2 places: 1) [4th P] "And ##other's## expectations of you will also color their perception." [M...more...
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#34141: May want to add a hyphen to "trade off" in the side heading "It's all a trade off"
--Chris Imershein

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#34142: Add the word "a": [Last P before Next Actions] "There is always **a** flip side,..."
--Chris Imershein

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#33615: Line 1: "it casts serious doubt most"

Missing word? Should be "it casts serious doubt upon most"--Rich Henderson

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#33623: 2nd para, "impromptu talk at a conferences" - should be "impromptu talk at a conference."--Rich Henderson

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#33975: Sorry to seem a little anal-retentive but not all Macs come with cameras: Mac Pros and minis come without them, and the iSight is not currentl...more...
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#33799: First para: missing word?

"open your eyes and type in" should be "open your eyes and type it in"--Rich Henderson

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#33614: could a improve -> could improve a --Amark Johnson

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#33603: Third paragraph, second sentence: "An avid reader, these books..." should probably be "An avid reader, his books...."--John W Craig

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#33604: Figures 8.1 and 8.2 both say "pages are made use camel case words...."--John W Craig

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#33611: Last paragraph: "You can the same sort of thing..." s/b "You can do the same sort of thing...."--John W Craig

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#33617: Second paragraph, last sentence: "Learn learn what you
need to know...."--John W Craig

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