by Tom | Apr 28, 2003 | Science
Jared Diamond asks the question Why do some societies make disastrous decisions? (Scroll down for the talk).What I’m going to suggest is a road map of factors in failures of groupdecision making. I’ll divide the answers into a sequence of four...
by Tom | Apr 28, 2003 | Personal
Some more useful BitTorrent sites:How to use BitTorrentWhat’s newSome 24 series 2 episodesI’m glad I’m back at work: I could get obsessive about finding the one missing episode of a particular show!
by Tom | Apr 27, 2003 | Business
Ever wondered what a billionnaire dotcommer does when they get bored of IT? The answer: they look to space. In some ways, this could make the dotcom boom worthwhile – a transfer of monies from gullible (or fraudulently mislead) investors to a serious project to...
by Tom | Apr 27, 2003 | IT
Phil Ringnalda manages to explain TrackBack in a quibble about Userland’s implementation. I’ve been struggling with TB ever since it was implementation.
by Tom | Mar 31, 2003 | Reading
The New Yorker: Offense and defense is a must-read on the war. In the build up to the invasion, Rumsfeld repeatedly over-ruled traditional troop deployment methodology. This has led to the position they are now in: the Iraqis are saying “so what” to shock...
by Tom | Mar 31, 2003 | IT
Creative Good – Case Studies has some top-level usab ility case studies. They’re half puff, of course, but worth a read.
by Tom | Mar 31, 2003 | Business
Joel on Software – Finding an Office in New York City is a must-read about the nasty shenanigans that I’m sure are common to property letting everywhere. Particular favourites: the “broom clean” clause and pegging rent rises to the non-existent...
by Tom | Mar 31, 2003 | Reading
US Navy’s ‘Flipper’ goes AWOL and returns. So that’s OK then.
by Tom | Mar 31, 2003 | Reading
Fisk on the first Iraqi suicide bomber. He makes a good point about the anger that the US has unleashed by this invasion. However, he reads as if the US should have expected 9/11 and certainly shouldn’t be angry about it. To use a Shrub-ism, misunderestimating...
by Tom | Mar 31, 2003 | Personal
Urban Legends Reference Pages at Snopes.com are the granddaddy of all urban legends pages. Obviously the time travelling stockbroker who died at work without anyone noticing for five days prompted me to put this up.
