Being new to the UK and also the european community, I am finding that my short stay here so far, has introduced both a huge list of immediate challenges, such …
The McKinsey view on What is Next in Mobile Telecom
McKinsey & Co. have written some very informative and useful articles on how to keep mobile subscribers loyal. The proven adoption of an approach known as Customer Lifetime Management (CLM) …
The Use of Faceted Classification
Heidi Adkisson has posted on the Use of Faceted Classification in Web Design Practices which examines how e-commerce sites use faceted classification to help people find products. A series of …
The marketing value of social networks
Alexa comments on the marketing value of social networks and graphs its growth from January 2003 to September 2004. See also: Unlocking the elusive potential of social networks – McKinsey …
An interview with John Perry Barlow
Brian Doherty from Reason speaks with John Perry Barlow regarding the legalities of intellectual property, intellectual products and the development of culture. There is a summary from the interview via …
Reading: Bill Bryson – A Short History of Nearly Everything
I managed to last week buy a copy of Bill Bryson’s, A Short History of Nearly Everything, whilst on my way to Zurich, Switzerland. It’s one of those books that …
W. Daniel Hillis view of the Knowledge Web (Aristotle)
Edge.org has published an interesting article on the 2000 prescient paper by W. Daniel Hillis titled, “Aristotle”, in which he proposes “The Knowledge Web”. The 2000 paper, covers a similar …
Dynabook Revisited – a conversation with Alan Kay
Peter J. Bogaards from BogieLand has posted an interesting link to a series of essays by Alan Kay from Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). One of the essays is …
The World Summit on the Information Society
The World Summit on the Information Society – Geneva 2003 is the first of two world gatherings by Head of States, Executive heads from United Nations agencies, industry leaders, national …
Quantifying IQ levels over time
Ole Eichhorn has posted a great entry which looks at IQ and Population. The table shows the average world IQ in comparison with leading nations and seems to initially show …
Language, music, syntax and the brain
A really interesting high-level article by Aniruddh D. Patel and published in Nature Neuroscience which looks at the comparative study and cognitive theory of music and language and its representation …
Gender, design and technology in Digital Design
Ann Light from Usability News has posted an article titled, Designers argue that Different Brains demand a Different Design Style for Women, based on a discussion at London?s ICA, which …
WebHead on harnessing the potential of broadband in Australia
A WebHead article on harnessing the power and potential of broadband ::: www.zdnet.com.au/biztech/networking/story
Broadband users protest in Australia
Broadband users take protest to the streets :: www.broadband.org.au and www.uproared.com/bpa.