by Tom | Nov 16, 2010 | Business
Saul’s experience suggests that companies need a developer, a designer and a distributor (could be two rather than three people): someone who understands how to build technologies and systems to solve problems someone who understands the human factors behind...
by Tom | Nov 15, 2010 | Tech
Google Refine looks like a nice build on Gridworks. If you are dealing with large data sets that have internal inconsistencies, this is for you.
by Tom | Nov 11, 2010 | Personal
Three months to go. Which feels closer than it should. Happily, we’ve let the house to a lovely couple: a fashion industry CEO and a physics Nobel laureate’s daughter who runs a risk consultancy. Yes, I know they sound far more interesting than us, and...
by Tom | Nov 10, 2010 | Business, Reading
The Great Cyberheist http://nyti.ms/bDG1RQ Brilliant mix of genres. So much luck, too. I’m sure this one case is the tip of an iceberg, whatever they say about fraud reducing.
by Tom | Nov 10, 2010 | Personal
Brilliant 27bslash6 as always “I personally envision a utopian future where this archaic system is replaced with interpretive dance. We agree on a particular style that seeks to translate particular feelings and emotions, human conditions or situations into...
by Tom | Nov 10, 2010 | Tech
A Pocketable Train Wreck is the pretty clear summary of this review. As commenter Almightywhacko says, the niggles will get ironed out pretty fast. DolphinHD is a far better browser and someone will sort out the keyboard issues. However, the killers seem to be 7...
by Tom | Nov 10, 2010 | Government
The stupidity of crowds isn’t quite what you think, but is a great rant from Jamie Whyte (I recommend A Load of Blair). Firstly, the government talks about basing decisions on fairness and affordability. Whyte nails the fact that the former is used in...
by Tom | Nov 10, 2010 | Science
The Multiverse Has 11 Dimensions. The idea of our universe being a bubble floating in 11-d space (NB we are “trapped” on the surface of the expanding bubble) and occasionally bumping into others or splitting does help with the big bang problem. If the big...
by Tom | Nov 9, 2010 | Business, Tech
I’m not sure I’d go quite as far as the article:Â Shhh… Opera holds the web’s most valuable secret. However, the idea of making mobile services (search, browse, apps) feel snappier by offloading processing and network traffic makes a lot of...
by Tom | Nov 5, 2010 | Business, General
The dark side of Dubai. I’ve never fancied going there myself, and this doesn’t add anything for me. I would have liked a little more on the transition process and speed or a comparator with other rapid transitions like the Industrial Revolution or...
