I read this book in the mid-90's and really liked it. It helped me understand why some of the small companies I joined had plateaued in revenue. These were companies selling software to large companies. I'd be interested to get your opinion of how the book holds up today and how/if the ideas apply to consumer, on-line services. - Todd Nemet
Well, this would explain the the long wait times at airport security. "California hospitals reported that during a 10-month period ending in May, doctors performed the wrong surgical procedure, operated on the wrong body part or on the wrong patient 41 times, records show.
During the same period, hospitals reported that foreign objects were left in surgical patients 145 times." - Oliver Deighton via Bookmarklet
Wow. One great thing about concern over global warming is that terraforming is now a mainstream concept. And the past few years' discoveries about Mars are doing the same for the concept of life on other planets. The next step clearly is to start planting asparagus on Mars. - Todd Nemet
“question about Apple TV. Is there an yhardware reason why the current generation couldn't support 1080p? Could they push a software release to support it?”
This data, visualized in this way and especially trended over time, is stunning. Obesity has spread like a disease and its prevalence is hard to swallow. If I move to Colorado I won't get skinny, Colorado will get fat. - Oliver Deighton via Bookmarklet
Your social life in Colorado is based a lot on what sport or outdoor activity you do. You're expected to climb or ride or do something outdoors. More often than getting asked "What do you do?" I get asked "What do you like to do?" - Ginger Makela
That's funny, Ginger: when I was looking at UC Boulder back in high school, I was surprised how many people were asking me about what activities I was into rather than what I wanted to study. "You like to ski?" "Oh, are you a snowboarder?" - Mark Trapp