by Tom | May 5, 2011 | Business, Personal
A valid point: corporate crime and corruption is probably worse in the developed than in the developing world, and there are no governments that can afford to take this issue on. A change in the way we elect politicians seems to be the only way forward. Let’s...
by Tom | Apr 29, 2011 | Business, Reading
More than 100,000 digital subs suggests that the paywall is going well. As another commentator mentions, this is a) faster than the WSJ and b) is a little to vague to know how good it really is (will sub $1 convert to full price?). It still doesn’t make sense to...
by Tom | Apr 8, 2011 | Business, Personal
Wind power: Even worse than you thought pretty well tells you the story. Wind power in its current incarnation is not a solution to renewable energy needs. The created market in renewables obligation certificates is keeping wind farm operators in business, not the...
by Tom | Mar 31, 2011 | Business, Reading
Good on Monbiot to come out fighting. As I said earlier, it seems tricky to have a rational debate about nuclear.
by Tom | Mar 31, 2011 | Business, Reading
Killer quote from a fascinating article about the growing potential in self-publishing from an authour who turned down a $500k advance. I believe they’ve gotten their business model mixed-up. They should be connecting readers with the written word. Instead,...
by Tom | Mar 30, 2011 | Business, Hong Kong / China, Reading
Modern engineering (including but not limited to nuclear) came through the Japan earthquake and tsunami pretty well. Loss of life due to infrastructure collapse was surprisingly low. I don’t mean to downplay the loss of life, home and security or the ongoing...
