Technology (12): Rise and Fall, Part 2
This post contains a few snapshots from a post by Jerry Neumann (The Deployment Age) and a great overview on the Death and Birth of… Read More »Technology (12): Rise and Fall, Part 2
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Technology (11): The World Turned Upside Down; or, the rise and fall of techno-economic regimes
Why is the transition from one techno-economic system to another so disruptive for companies and individuals? On rookies and old pros We know that it… Read More »Technology (11): The World Turned Upside Down; or, the rise and fall of techno-economic regimes
When you come to our event…
… assuming that you are the sort of person that likes this sort of thing, then: It will be for you and not for us*… Read More »When you come to our event…
Technology (10): a historyofinformation
If you haven’t come across it yet, Jeremy Norman‘s HistoryOfInformation.com is absolutely tremendous. It contains “more than 5,000 illustrated entries covering a diverse range of… Read More »Technology (10): a historyofinformation
Writing and Reading as Technology (4): Innovation at Play; or, A Loaded Pun
Writing History by Messing Around As far as we know, writing has been invented four times in human history. The big four are Sumerian cuneiform,… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (4): Innovation at Play; or, A Loaded Pun
Writing and Reading as Technology (3): Marginal Revolutions
Technology often advances at the margins, where new problems challenge people to adapt old tools or to make new ones. (See also Hybrids (2): combinations… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (3): Marginal Revolutions
The machine that makes the machine; or, matryoshkas of change
Elon Musk isn’t (just) building cars at Tesla. He started by building a car, but the end was never the car: the end was a… Read More »The machine that makes the machine; or, matryoshkas of change
Design Matters (11): PowerPoint Wizardry
In case you’ve missed it, the quality of PowerPoint’s automatic design recommendations has been getting better and better over the last few years.* This latest… Read More »Design Matters (11): PowerPoint Wizardry
Generous, Reasonable, Sustainable; or, Goldilocks Pricing
Bad old business* says, “How can I maximise profit? I will use up the resources available to get as much as I can.” Naive charity… Read More »Generous, Reasonable, Sustainable; or, Goldilocks Pricing
Design Matters (10): Your iPhone Moment
The thing you’re working on is (I hope) very useful, and sure to make a difference if the right people use it. But will they… Read More »Design Matters (10): Your iPhone Moment