The New Yorker: Offense and defense is a must-read on the war. In the build up to the invasion, Rumsfeld repeatedly over-ruled traditional troop deployment methodology. This has led to the position they are now in: the Iraqis are saying “so what” to shock and awe and the US troops are woefully over-stretched, with too little equipment to support them …
Digital Identity and the world of means
Long article about one way of thinking about digital identity and the world of means. Interesting stuff.
Shocking US defection
Apparently the US’s key mine-finding dolphinhas gone AWOL. No wonder there are delays all over the place….
Shirky on 3G
Shirky: Permanet, Nearlynet, and Wireless Data predicts that the guerilla-style spread of unmetered WiFi access will a) destroy the 3G metered-data idea and b) lead us bit-by-bit to an approximation of the always on, unmetered access to the network that we all want.
Tufte, PowerPoint and the Shuttle
Is Tufte suggesting that bad PowerPoint may have played a part in the Shuttle disaster? It sure looks that way. Regardless, its a great summary of what not to do on a PowerPoint slide.