Design Matters (12): IKEA Detergent Bottle
Tall But Perfectly Formed “Who needs a specialist dispenser for dish soap?” To my surprise it turned out that I did. This bottle: Has a… Read More »Design Matters (12): IKEA Detergent Bottle
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Technology (13): Marx, Schumpeter, Howard Head’s Tennis Racquet, and how the world melts
This is an extract from Douglas Rae’s lecture Karl Marx, Joseph Schumpeter, and an Economic System Incapable of Coming to Rest, which unpacks some of… Read More »Technology (13): Marx, Schumpeter, Howard Head’s Tennis Racquet, and how the world melts
Dark Counterpart
You might have heard the following quote by Samuel Johnson (recorded 1775): “Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has… Read More »Dark Counterpart
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…
Recommendation: BBC’s The Secret History of Writing
I’ll be coming back to this in future posts, but for now I’ll just highly, highly recommend this documentary tracing the history of writing presented… Read More »Recommendation: BBC’s The Secret History of Writing
Writing and Reading as Technology (2): Half-baked Beginnings
Writing as Infant Technology … the thing about new technologies… is that it takes several generations for us to decide what they’re good for. They’re… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (2): Half-baked Beginnings
Writing and Reading as Technology (1): Transforming Fire; Slow Burn
We often think of writing (and reading) as primarily a matter of culture and education, which obscures its position as one of humanity’s most transformative… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (1): Transforming Fire; Slow Burn
Children in Understanding: David Hume on Reading (history)
In reality, what more agreeable entertainment to the mind, than to be transported into the remotest ages of the world, and to observe human society,… Read More »Children in Understanding: David Hume on Reading (history)
Steve Blank on the four stages of Customer Development
Anything by Steve Blank on Startups is worth your time – especially if you work in a sector where people don’t think in terms of… Read More »Steve Blank on the four stages of Customer Development
Fools’ Money (1): Big Swinging Dictionary
Words are wise men’s counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of… Read More »Fools’ Money (1): Big Swinging Dictionary