Innovation at Play: Webcam 1.0
The Uncertain Paternity of Invention The father of invention must be laziness … or play.* 10 magic points if you already knew that the world’s… Read More »Innovation at Play: Webcam 1.0
Stuart Patience
Marc Andreessen on Scar Tissue, Trying and Failing in the Probabilistic Domain
This was a good interview on Farnham Street’s The Knowledge Project – listen here. Marc Andreessen: It’s the most natural thing in the world to… Read More »Marc Andreessen on Scar Tissue, Trying and Failing in the Probabilistic Domain
Special Forces, Elite Performance and Your Team (1)
You and your team are not the special forces.* You are not a skydiving team, a cycling team, or the inner circle or a presidential… Read More »Special Forces, Elite Performance and Your Team (1)
Resource: Structuring Stories with Mary Robinette Kowal (2) – MICE Nests and the Pinging of Narrative Elastic
The Information Architecture of Narrative If you came in late, start here. Tool 2: MICE nests Mary Robinette Kowal’s second insight into story structure is… Read More »Resource: Structuring Stories with Mary Robinette Kowal (2) – MICE Nests and the Pinging of Narrative Elastic
Resource: Structuring Stories with Mary Robinette Kowal (1) – the MICE Quotient
I’ve been enjoying Brandon Sanderson‘s lecture series on writing fantasy and science fiction at Brigham Young University. The standout so far has been Mary Robinette… Read More »Resource: Structuring Stories with Mary Robinette Kowal (1) – the MICE Quotient
Cultural Hybridity, Fast and Slow
A few years ago my family ate pizza and fresh pasta at a branch of Popolamama in Jakarta. It was very enjoyable – better than… Read More »Cultural Hybridity, Fast and Slow
Care and Attention
You probably have tools that you notice and tools you overlook. There are tools that it’s always a pleasure to use, that took effort to… Read More »Care and Attention
Writing and Reading as Technology (11): Writing Rules
The technology of writing isn’t simply the infrastructure of thought: it’s the enabling infrastructure of most of the complex activities we think of as government.… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (11): Writing Rules
Get Back: Thoughts on Watching The Beatles
For those who came in late… So did I. Get Back (released in November 2021) is a 7 hour documentary in three parts, made almost… Read More »Get Back: Thoughts on Watching The Beatles
Statistics: The Galton Board and more
This (the Galton Board) is tremendous. If you haven’t seen it, you must, you must. The first video is great, but if you only have… Read More »Statistics: The Galton Board and more