Old year’s resolutions
What can you tick off already? Good work on those. What do you need to quit – stop doing, stop trying to do, draw a… Read More »Old year’s resolutions
December 2018
Compound interest
We all know about compound interest in the world of money. Save £100 a month for thirty years at one percent interest** and you’ll have… Read More »Compound interest
Governor Jerry Brown, c1976: an approach to protest
I would be part of the entourage and we’d go to some public event… and there outside the event would be the usual protesters about… Read More »Governor Jerry Brown, c1976: an approach to protest
Expectations: tell us what you do
We’re staying at a simple hotel in North Sulawesi. The setting is idyllic. Our hosts are unfailingly pleasant and helpful. Good food is served three… Read More »Expectations: tell us what you do
Expectations: flaw to feature
We decided to explore the garden before we ordered our food. The manager caught us just as we were starting down the path. He was… Read More »Expectations: flaw to feature
Peter Morville on Category and Taxonomy (1)
While findability comes first, we must also remember that categories are about more than retrieval. Classification helps our users to understand. Through splitting, lumping and… Read More »Peter Morville on Category and Taxonomy (1)
The Gift
Everything changes if you can see the thing you’re doing as a gift. Doing it as a gift transforms the thing you don’t want to… Read More »The Gift
The new possible
My sister (let’s call her Sharky) bought me a book for Christmas. Sharky lives in Argentina. She bought the book from a shop in the… Read More »The new possible
Scrapbook: Niall Ferguson on culture, text-for-profit, libraries, search and literacy
Niall Ferguson was speaking at the Long Now Foundation, responding to a question from Stewart Brand about how ads and the profit-motive influenced the nature… Read More »Scrapbook: Niall Ferguson on culture, text-for-profit, libraries, search and literacy
Deep literacy: Kevin Kelly on more than reading
… producing books with ease on Gutenberg’s press did not fully unleash text. Real literacy also required a long list of innovations and techniques that… Read More »Deep literacy: Kevin Kelly on more than reading