by Tom | Oct 2, 2009 | Reading
As always, the IgNobels are lovely this year. My favourites are the named/nameless cows, bra gas marks and beer bottles.
by Tom | Sep 23, 2009 | Reading
I have always found world heritage sites to be interesting and well worth the visit. We try to look them up when we are travelling; they can easily be missed. Here’s a useful list from the Telegraph of some slightly out-of-the-way ones.
by Tom | Sep 23, 2009 | Business, Reading
I like the finale of this article: we shouldn’t think about micropayments for news as being fractional payment for stories. Given that, what should they be?
by Tom | Sep 23, 2009 | Business, Reading
Another semi-experiment shows that low-selling items are just that. Maybe it is the promise of the long tail that takes us to retailers where we then buy best-sellers galore.
by Tom | Sep 6, 2009 | Reading
Nice idea to use collaboration with expert non-patent examiners to gather prior art. It would probably be worth patent-heavy companies to invest in someone to participate for them: most patent applications won’t be yours, so the more you can steer away from...
by Tom | Aug 24, 2009 | Reading
Nice to see the thought processes in action: how to write a Tweet announcing new conferences.
