Tactics and Strategy
In a quiet moment I watched my youngest son playing chess on my phone. He cut a swathe through the opposition pieces with a couple… Read More »Tactics and Strategy
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Design Matters (17): Elevator Control Panel Nightmares
“Ow-eee!” cried the Crocodile. “Help! Stop! Where am I?” Roald Dahl – The Enormous Crocodile [amazon] Is this the world’s worst elevator control panel? John… Read More »Design Matters (17): Elevator Control Panel Nightmares
Niall Ferguson on reading, remembering and shared culture
Two kinds of reading Niall Ferguson: I think there are two kinds of reading. When one’s reading for work, when one has to grapple with… Read More »Niall Ferguson on reading, remembering and shared culture
Design Matters (16): Singapore MRT maps
These three maps in slightly different positions in Singapore’s Orchard MRT station are all orientated correctly according to the point of view of the user.… Read More »Design Matters (16): Singapore MRT maps
MetaCroc: 100k
This week DriverlessCrocodile passed 100,000 all-time views (i.e. not including email subscribers), and is currently averaging a little over 100 views per day. Thanks for… Read More »MetaCroc: 100k
Richard Feynman: “Fiddling around is the answer”
Via Eric Gilliam‘s excellent FreakTakes. I got to Princeton, and the first thing, when I was there and I went to the physics building, I… Read More »Richard Feynman: “Fiddling around is the answer”
Schumpeter on who gains from mass production
… the capitalist engine is first and last an engine of mass production which unavoidably means also production for the masses, whereas, climbing upward in… Read More »Schumpeter on who gains from mass production
The Specialist; or, Dr Snip
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
Writing and Reading as Technology (15): videos on the evolution of the alphabet and the spread of writing
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
Resource: Martin Blais / Beancount on the double entry counting method (bookkeeping)
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)