Wednesday, August 24, 2011
I admire Jon Huntsman's bravery to stand apart from the crowd, but this tweet will probably get him thrown off the ticket.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Why Amazon can't make a Kindle in the USA
Great 3-part article on the (permanent, if the author is correct) decline of American hi-tech manufacturing.
Great 3-part article on the (permanent, if the author is correct) decline of American hi-tech manufacturing.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Google bids π (or more precisely, π*$1,000,000,000) for some Nortel patents in a rope-a-dope move designed to cash-strap rivals.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Kesey's Prankster Footage becomes film.
“What they were doing was glorious, fun and magical in the best sense of the word,” Gibney says. The director sees Kesey as an artist and adventurer who was at heart a family man, the coach of his local school football and soccer teams. “In a way, the bus trip is kind of Kesey’s art piece,” Gibney argues. “I think part of his mission was to be a kind of Pied Piper for a country that was just enveloped in fear. He was saying, ‘Come out of your bomb shelter. Have fun. Don’t be trapped in a maze.’”
“What they were doing was glorious, fun and magical in the best sense of the word,” Gibney says. The director sees Kesey as an artist and adventurer who was at heart a family man, the coach of his local school football and soccer teams. “In a way, the bus trip is kind of Kesey’s art piece,” Gibney argues. “I think part of his mission was to be a kind of Pied Piper for a country that was just enveloped in fear. He was saying, ‘Come out of your bomb shelter. Have fun. Don’t be trapped in a maze.’”
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Don't miss this week's This American Life: When Patents Attack
Patent trolls, Intellectual Ventures, and the High Tech IP Protection Racket. Highly informative.
Patent trolls, Intellectual Ventures, and the High Tech IP Protection Racket. Highly informative.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Make Way for the Radical Center
Apropos article in this week's NYTimes as we watch our 401K balances plummet as the Republicans deliver bought-and-paid-for promises to corporations and the ultra-rich at the expense of everyone else.
"DID I mention that I’ve signed a pledge — just like those Republican congressmen who have signed written promises to different political enforcers not to raise taxes or permit same-sex marriage? My pledge is to never vote for anyone stupid enough to sign a pledge — thereby abdicating their governing responsibilities in a period of incredibly rapid change and financial stress. Sorry, I’ve signed it. Nothing more I can do."
Apropos article in this week's NYTimes as we watch our 401K balances plummet as the Republicans deliver bought-and-paid-for promises to corporations and the ultra-rich at the expense of everyone else.
"DID I mention that I’ve signed a pledge — just like those Republican congressmen who have signed written promises to different political enforcers not to raise taxes or permit same-sex marriage? My pledge is to never vote for anyone stupid enough to sign a pledge — thereby abdicating their governing responsibilities in a period of incredibly rapid change and financial stress. Sorry, I’ve signed it. Nothing more I can do."
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Designobserver Essay: How to Make Systems Thinking Sexy
The world needs a new kind of design based on an ethical framework in which life is the ultimate source of value.
The world needs a new kind of design based on an ethical framework in which life is the ultimate source of value.