10,000 steps too few

Brother-in-law gave me a pedometer for my birthday (it measures steps taken using a pendulum-swinging system). I thought this was an interesting present, even a pre-emptive intervention (”Are you calling me fat?”). The manual suggests 10,000 steps per day...

A new mind

Not sure I agree with the conclusion, but this book may be worth reading for interest.Designers, inventors, teachers,storytellers — creative and empathetic right-brain thinkers whoseabilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who...

Shared services in government

A minimum of three departments, money, leadership and an extensible contract / OJEU? That’s shared services for government. Nothing like that since Whitehall 1 was cancelled due to “business case” issues – e.g. it didn’t stack up....

Free, legal downloads

Would you watch ads to get free, quality music for download. Yes, I’d do that, I think. Now, if Microsoft was funding it, that would be a very clever way to get back at Apple’s dominance of this market. Also, if you could pay extra for a higher-quality or...