by Tom | Nov 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Appian Way in Rome, 16 degrees, pink cinquecento going nuts on the cobbles ahead. Feels like spring. Lovely. #
by Tom | Nov 10, 2009 | IT
Jetpack allows anyone to develop Firefox extensions with a bit of Javascript. Very neat indeed.
by Tom | Nov 10, 2009 | Government, Reading
So Goldman’s (other banks are included) is getting swine flu vaccine ahead of medical staff. I guess that is because it is doing God’s work, unlike the medical staff. Clearly, this could be a sensible use of large employers as a distribution channel (they...
by Tom | Nov 10, 2009 | Business, Government
Some useful pointers to how Twitter can fail for businesses. There are lessons here for everyone: you need a voice / a viewpoint to work well in any conversation. A list of sale items is a catalogue, not an advert. So despite the author’s negative conclusion, I...
by Tom | Nov 9, 2009 | IT
Warrick – Recover Your Lost Website. If only I’d known about this website recovery tool (searches Google, Wayback machine, et al) when my sites were deleted in September. I’ll still see if I can do anything sensible with it for the less important...
by Tom | Nov 9, 2009 | Government, Science
Interesting thought on the The Nutt Sack Affair (part 493): part of the defence has been that science cannot help with policy, only provide evidence to policy makers. Hmm. The scientific method can see if policy is effective or not, whether types of policy are...
by Tom | Nov 9, 2009 | Reading
Very thought provoking interview and follow ups: are we modifying our cognition? For example, will people (mostly the current younger generation) who are used to high quality predictive services (Amazon, iTunes Genius) see the world differently? Given what we know...
by Tom | Nov 9, 2009 | Business
I like the premise from a 37 Signals founder: have a product, charge money for it. Some annoying delivery here, but a refreshing slant on not looking to be the next FaceLinkedSpace and wanting to create a business you’ll enjoy working in, rather than exiting....
by Tom | Nov 6, 2009 | Reading
I’ve never seen a Royal de Luxe production, but I want to! Here’s The Berlin Reunion.
by Tom | Nov 6, 2009 | Business
Nice summary of some good consultancy reports from IBM and Deloitte.
