by Tom | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
Lovely spot from Jonza of a template article on intergovernmental organisations from a Balliol colleague. An ineffectual international organisation yesterday issued a stark warning about a situation it has absolutely no power to change, the latest in a series of...
by Tom | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
A good set of discussion and response to Chris Anderson´s "The End of Theory" suggesting that we don´t need hypothesise, model, test any more. I´d mentioned the thinking previously.
by Tom | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
Not a cartoon duo; rather, bitly is another URL shortner – looks like it does stats and click counts, which is why I use SnipURL. Qurl looks OK, too.
by Tom | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
An interesting counting error: outsourced public sector work is worth
by Tom | Jul 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Lovely piece of kinetic art from BMW. VG. Kinetic sculpture at the BMW Museum (full length)
by Tom | Jul 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Never sure whether to trust an article which gets its title figure wrong (it is shown as dollars in the body text). Also, the presentation of consulting as providing "advice" is weak. In reality the advice is something more like decision support – a...
by Tom | Jul 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Lots of interesting thinking going on here. Bow-tie control systemsHow IT can enable micromanagement of warfare (badly)How Al-Qaeda is moving away from large events
by Tom | Jul 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Some lovely factoids from around the net, collected by Virtual Economics: Nintendo is now Japan´s second most valuable company, and Mattel has just passed General Motors in market cap (irony: toy cars more valuable than real ones). In related news, a Lego fan...
by Tom | Jul 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Unusual route for the government to take: offer up their information for talented mashers to reuse. I hope both undertakings work well.
by Tom | Jul 8, 2008 | IT
I think it is time to make the change – what else are they doing but not telling us about. I have recommended Fast to others and they seem happy.
