by Tom | Jul 7, 2010 | Business, Government, Tech
Tableau public feels like crosstabs on steroids. Should be brilliant for open data visualisation and analysis.
by Tom | Jul 7, 2010 | Business, Government, Personal
I very much agree with Bagehot. While the BBC does cause some interesting competitive issues, it is so much better than what the competition in the UK is providing and astonishingly much better than the output in most other countries. I’m willing to pay my £150...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2010 | Government, Science
I’m glad that the whole antioxidant / happy bacteria / green tea industries are being not-so-gently proscribed by the EU. If the directive has been in preparation since 2006 and the more clinical trials needed take three years, then why haven’t they done...
by Tom | Jun 21, 2010 | Government
I have been back and forth on the issue of whether the public sector has it better or worse than the private sector (at average wage levels, not the high end). Whatever it means, the median wage has been consistently higher in the public sector. How exactly to measure...
by Tom | Jun 15, 2010 | Government, Reading
Thought-provoking figures on income redistribution in the UK. Some factoids:Income inequality hasn’t changed much in the last decade (which means that more redistribution has been taking place)The richest fifth earn 15 times more than the poorest fifth before...
by Tom | May 21, 2010 | Government
Fascinating look at the regular reconfigurations of Whitehall departments. I particularly enjoyed the spoof one.
