During yesterday's Skype call with Rob Paterson, he came up with a good metaphor about conversations. It reminded me of the schoolboy rhyme "Volts jolts, mills (milliamps)kills". You can have a lot of voltage and create excitement, but without ampage, there's not so much impact.
I realise that a ton of conversations I see and take part in are high voltage, lots of "talking and reloading" or colourful language. Most marketing is high voltage (hype). But I'd like more ampage, which for me is about bring more of ourselves into the conversation, taking risks, showing more of ourselves...
Update: See Rob's extended entry on the same point posted today.
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Comments (5)
"But I'd like more ampage...taking risks ..."
I know that's a common viewpoint, but I wonder why it's so...why we think that being ourselves is taking a "risk"? Does anyone consider the higher risks they take by squelching and stifling themselves?
September 21, 2004 07:40 Permalink for comment
I like this electrical analogy and want to risk stretching it a little further... We talk of the importance of being grounded (c.f. 'down to earth') and, electrically, appliances can be hazardous if they are not earthed. For current to flow, the conductor has to be polarised i.e. positive at one end, negative the other. The greater the polarisation (voltage) the greater the flow (this is Ohm's Law). Interestingly, if current cannot flow (because an insulator blocks its path) no work is done.
Now think of polarity in human terms (male/female; order/chaos; leftwing/rightwing; rich/poor etc.) and current as change, movement or development...
So for me the risks appear to be about allowing energy to flow. The flow meets resistance and work is done. No resistance - no work and no growth.
September 21, 2004 14:02 Permalink for comment
Do you have, or do you know of a device that can take the several combined volts from 20 parallel 1.5 Volt photovoltaic cells and convert the volts in excess of 1.5 v into additional amps or watts?
Thank you.
Thomas W. Oakes 619 670-6555
August 11, 2005 22:41 Permalink for comment
Thomas: That one's a bit outside my competence!
August 12, 2005 19:04 Permalink for comment
Thomas W. Oakes asks:
"20 parallel 1.5 volts...and...convert the
volts in excess of 1.5 v into additional
amps or watts..."
This is a similar demand to the current connection of multiple photovoltaic modules in an array/string and desire to not waste voltage
above the PV battery system's abilities.
It is called MPPT
( maximum power point tracking)
see here : http://www.outbackpower.com/MX60.htm
or talk to a local PV business
September 9, 2005 14:20 Permalink for comment