by Tom | Jun 24, 2011 | Business, Reading
I wonder if any aspiring author should think about self-publishing. Why? Just look at the changes in the publishing market right now: Rowling to work Potter magic online (cutting out Amazon and Apple’s cut). $0.99 Kindle eBooks with reasonable sales. And you can...
by Tom | Jun 23, 2011 | Business, Government, Reading
Terrifying article in Spiegel about the lack of any sensible options for the Eurozone. Time for Plan B: How the Euro Became Europe’s Greatest Threat. I’d be keen on a nuclear option, because at the moment, it appears that the main effect of the pressure on...
by Tom | Jun 22, 2011 | Reading
I hadn’t come across Tetlock’s research on predictions. He carried out a 20+ year project with people who made a living from predicting the future. He asked them to predict outcomes and the likelihood of outcomes. The “experts” were not...
by Tom | Jun 22, 2011 | Business, Reading
A Brief History of the Corporation. Astonishing riff on where business will go next. I hadn’t really got how independent the East India Company really was, and quite how much Britain had to do to help cement its brief hold on the world. I sincerely want to...
by Tom | Jun 22, 2011 | Business, Reading
The Big Idea: Before You Make That Big Decision… has a useful set of questions to ask before making any big decision where other people’s thinking is important. Which is pretty well all decisions. I’m a big fan of the premortem: working out what the...
by Tom | Jun 21, 2011 | Business, Reading
An AOL Content Slave Speaks Out. Ugh. Not a pleasant job or company. Reminds me of a sales team whose chair heights are adjusted based on their success, or not. Unbelievable.
