by Tom | Aug 23, 2006 | Personal
Trying to book theatre tickets today (for Rock and Roll, fyi), and I could not believe how a) variable and b) expensive the booking fees were. Not content with forcing you to buy the most expensive ticket available. In the end, Lastminute came out the cheapest by...
by Tom | Aug 22, 2006 | Reading
Interesting list of 2×2 matrices applied (mostly) to non-business areas. Consultants’ delight!
by Tom | Jul 31, 2006 | Reading
Must read summary on why the collapse of the Doha round of world trade talks is a disaster. There appears to be a definite shift in attitude to climate change in the public’s mind, which may well lead to a change in politicians’ attitudes. So the question...
by Tom | Jul 31, 2006 | Reading
Interesting thoughts on the future of marketing from John Hagel. He describes three forces which are combining to change the approach to customers:It’s about attention, not shelf spaceCosts of production and distribution are decliningCustomer acquisition and...
by Tom | Jul 31, 2006 | IT
The first hard drive is 50 years old. It weighed a ton, was the size of two large fridges, cost $250k/year to lease, held 5Mb of data and had 50 24-inch disks. What made it special? Random access to data rather than sequential read from tapes.
