In warfare there are understood to be three important levels: the strategic, the operational, and the tactical. Strategy refers to the big picture, the overall… Read More »James Holland on strategy, operations and tactics
Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. Zig Ziglar Returns to specialisation Dangers of specialisation See also: Dr SnipTechnology (22): Francis Bacon on… Read More »The Specialist; or, Dr Snip
I’ve found the “Basics” series of podcasts from Manager Tools really helpful. You might too. I’ve got to the end of the episodes on Feedback… Read More »Recommendation: The Manager Tools Trinity
Recommended by OpenCulture.org, via HN. See also: Writing and Reading as Technology (1): Transforming Fire; Slow BurnWriting and Reading as Technology (2): Half-baked BeginningsWriting and… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (15): videos on the evolution of the alphabet and the spread of writing
If you’re in a position of responsibility in any organisation – a business or department of a business, a social club, a non-profit – it… Read More »Resource: Martin Blais / Beancount on the double entry counting method (bookkeeping)
Van Halen famously* included a clause in their standard contract with concert venues, buried among technical specifications for staging and sound equipment, that the band… Read More »The M&M Rider
Hat tip: HNWith apologies to subscribers who received post 14 of this series out of order due to my enthusiasm for the subject matter… …… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (13): Erik Engheim on Gutenberg vs earlier Asian printing technologies
We often have convenience now because someone did the maths before. Ben Sparks With apologies to subscribers who received this out of order due to… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (14): Magical Paper Sizes; or, The Golden Non-Ratio
I shave with a mildew-encrusted Gillette, changing my blade about every three months. The blades work well long after their suggested shelf life, and I… Read More »On sharpening frogs; or, Crockham’s Razor
If you haven’t seen this yet it’s worth forgiving the click-baity title and seeing what DALL-E 2 can do. See also: OpenAI Codex; or, why… Read More »Open AI’s DALL-E 2