by Tom | Apr 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
Serious debate taking place as to whether we should take part in this. Could be fun, if a potential source of immense embarrassment.
by Tom | Apr 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
Global Giving calls itself "intelligent philanthropy" – looks like a good way of getting money to projects you care about, rather than eaten up in costs. Though it says 85-90% of your donation is on the ground in 60 days – not sure when the rest...
by Tom | Apr 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
(Test phone app) Why does Finnish appear to have no word boundaries? It sounds like eewaawoowaa (Edward Woodward without most consonants)
by Tom | Apr 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
Some correlations you feel are probably meaningful – the trailing indicator of US change in working men and recessions looks pretty good. Ergo, this is a recession, and relatively bad one.
by Tom | Apr 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Can´t believe Jonza tweeted this. Utter BS, IMNHO. The be first into the library stuff is just ludicrous – I hardly went near a library, but did read as much as possible of the reading lists we were given. You made friends with people to ensure you could...
by Tom | Apr 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
A nice summary of some bad habits from David Maister. I don´t think these are good options for a job interview, though. Procrastination (leaving everything to the last minute) Failing to show as much interest in other people as I should (it´s not bad...
