Seeds (2): bikes, planes and automobiles
Many of the seeds of the automobile industry came from bicycle manufacturers (I touched on this in Use, Copy, Repair, Make), and on a visit… Read More »Seeds (2): bikes, planes and automobiles
On inequality
Inequality is inevitable (because we’re all different), and it isn’t necessarily wrong (if we value the freedom to make meaningful choices) and doesn’t necessarily have… Read More »On inequality
Project phase, organisation size and specialisation
A friend shared this great analogy* for how teams work at different project phases. Early phase: Golfing Buddies (2-3 players) In the early phase of… Read More »Project phase, organisation size and specialisation
Shakespeare: sleep no more
Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep’, the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleeve of care,… Read More »Shakespeare: sleep no more
Timing your talk
Rehearse and rehearse and rehearse. Unless it’s perfectly scripted, bank on it taking a third longer in real life than it does in practice.
Typo (4): (no) Standard English
[The task of documenting all the words in the English lanuguage] no longer seems finite. Lexicographers are accepting the languages boundlessness. They know by heart… Read More »Typo (4): (no) Standard English
Seth Godin on fear and reassurance
The way [of handling fear] that doesn’t work is reassurance. Reassurance doesn’t work because you need an infinite amount of it. Someone can give you… Read More »Seth Godin on fear and reassurance
Typo (3): the myth of correct spelling
Ironically – considering the frequency with which school children use it for exactly this purpose – the Oxford English Dictionary never set out to specify… Read More »Typo (3): the myth of correct spelling
Social media: the Ruby principle
Don’t talk so much. Instead be so good that for your clients …there’s nothing at all Except the space in-between Finding out what you’re called… Read More »Social media: the Ruby principle
Typo (2): error rate
The other thing about typos is how few we actually make relative to the attention we pay to them. A single spelling or grammar mistake… Read More »Typo (2): error rate