by Tom | May 16, 2014 | Reading
This is a classic piece of research and a very nicely written article. Must read.
by Tom | May 6, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Some fun stuff on why numerical website addresses are good business in China. I might have to start using “s/he’s a 250” … Chinese Number Websites: The Secret Meaning of URLs | New Republic.
by Tom | Apr 30, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Great What if. There is a limit to how high we can go, and it is a lot to do with elevators. Source: NASA is brilliant (hint: hover over the images to see their title text). Billion-Story Building.
by Tom | Apr 3, 2014 | Reading, View
Brilliant as always. You have to click through to the actual page: the embedded image won’t help you. xkcd: Lorenz.
by Tom | Apr 2, 2014 | Business, Reading, Tech
Great article on the possible explosion in the use of voice as input / output for computers. The privacy of your computer whispering audio cards in your ear can clearly work, although I'm certainly not good at multitasking e.g. listening to a conversation as well...
by Tom | Mar 18, 2014 | Business, Reading, Tech
Couldn’t find one part of this to quote. So many online service upgrades are to the detriment of users in the support of new services that no one uses, advertising and / or stonewalling competitors. http://www.marco.org/2014/03/15/worse
