by Tom | Apr 13, 2011 | Reading
Forget shoots and leaves and pedantry: you sell more if your reviews are well-written. Bingo. Read on and enjoy. Caveats: i) this more recent paper was for 2005 data, so may have changed in the interim and ii) it’s economics, so could prove anything iii) the...
by Tom | Apr 8, 2011 | Reading
As always, a great mash. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3704&Itemid=77
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...
by Tom | Mar 24, 2011 | Business, Reading
In the middle of some excellent chart unjunking comes some slightly surprising data: iPhones have a substantially higher market share than any competitor in the over 55s. The same is true for Android in the under 25s. Not earth shattering, but not what I would have...
