by Tom | Aug 25, 2011 | Business, Government, Personal, Reading
Der Spiegel is convinced that the financial sector is once again an imminent threat to the world economy. (As I wrote that I found myself wondering if financial markets were the world economy. They aren’t of course, just as the occasional shutting down of...
by Tom | Aug 25, 2011 | Reading, Tech
Entertaining purchase of an ePub from eBooks (as it isn’t in the Kindle store) that I couldn’t then read on my Kindle without removing DRM and converting. Such a shame to have to do this for something that I own! It should be easier. Works fine, used...
by Tom | Aug 24, 2011 | Business
I guess outsourcing can lead to a death spiral for companies. I wonder why the example is of Dell, which I think is still going, though losing market share. The more interesting question is whether the radical management ideas recommended are solutions to this issue....
by Tom | Aug 22, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Still odd to come back home from a summer beach holiday to somewhere that’s hotter than where you left. Great time in Bali, back to the grindstone tomorrow. Might just see the little master make a ton of tons, though.
by Tom | Aug 12, 2011 | Reading
Peter Oborne is spot on.
