by Tom | Mar 16, 2010 | Business
Sage words from Brian PitmanAs he said, bosses of banks and other financial companies (such as insurers) have this unique ability to engineer increases in profits over the succeeding two or three years in a purely mechanistic way. It is not a power, for example, that...
by Tom | Mar 16, 2010 | Reading
I am genuinely impressed by the UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. I’m not sure these grand events are particularly relevant, but at least we’re doing it in style. Large Russian hat, floppy bog brush? No, beautiful, especially from the inside where the...
by Tom | Mar 15, 2010 | Tech
Long and challenging article on a potential future for search: where reputation part of bringing information to our attention is community-determined. I have a hunch that there should be some connection between the VRM idea of users releasing certain information about...
by Tom | Mar 15, 2010 | Business
How come fashion has continued to grow as an industry without any formal copyright protection? Admittedly, it doesn’t have any direct digital competition as yet (but I’m sure it will: someone will be working on an in-home robotic sewing machine which will...
by Tom | Mar 15, 2010 | Business, Tech
Interesting to see a Twitter-alike grow so rapidly in Japan. I guess Google (with China) and Twitter haven’t destroyed competition completely.
by Tom | Mar 12, 2010 | Asides
Must I listen to the whole of Dark Side of the Moon now On the Run has come up on shuffle? #floyd #emi #
by Tom | Mar 12, 2010 | Reading
So much good stuff today, so little time. Academy award winning movie trailer (I liked “this scene won’t make it into the finished movie”). Tweens and Luther (genius) Absurd scientific papers (I heart “The nature of navel fluff”) Best...
by Tom | Mar 11, 2010 | Business
Are case studies and benchmarking moribund? If Chip Heath is right about bright spots, then trying to be like another company could well be a waste of time. You should be more like you at your best.
by Tom | Mar 11, 2010 | Personal, Science
Wiffy always critiques my listening skills: for my part, in common with many men, I think that I am not permanently listening to see if someone is trying to talk to me. This means I often miss the start of conversations. Clearly I actually have lazy ear, having had...
by Tom | Mar 11, 2010 | IT
Some useful plugins there, should you need them.
