I'm currently reading a very nice book (so far) by Dan Heath called Decisive: How to Make Better Decisions in Life and Work, where I came across the following passage on analysis vs. process: When the researchers compared whether process or analysis was more important in producing good decisions—those that increased revenues, profits, and market... Continue Reading →
My year in review: On Writing and on Being
As we approach the end of the year and the beginning of the next, I've started thinking about resolutions and how I might make 2014 different (and better!) from all the other years I've had (almost 30 now). 2013 hasn't been the best. And though I wish I could say to you, "I won't bore... Continue Reading →
Which has a higher Glycemic index: Sugar or Whole-wheat Bread?
If I'm asking, you probably already know the answer. It's counterintuitive, it's downright illogical, but whole-wheat bread, not sugar, causes a greater rise in blood sugar. It blew my mind, but it's one of those things that makes you rethink what you thought you knew, and makes you wonder what other self-evident truths you are... Continue Reading →
How the iPad has changed my reading habits, and how it hasn’t
For my birthday this year, my wife gave me an iPad Air (thank you!) Unbeknownst to me, this was to radically change my reading habits. I am--perhaps was, now with the iPad--huge fan of libraries and bookstores: the smell of age-worn books, newspapers and old people; the sounds of teenagers and their gossipy tongues; and... Continue Reading →
Metro Design
WordPress 3.8 has just been released, and it brings with it some rather significant aesthetic changes to the admin interface. While giving it a test drive, I realised how closely it resembled that of Windows Phone/8 (in terms of colours, fonts, and distinctive "flatness"). For all their faults, Microsoft's Metro interface is, to me at least,... Continue Reading →
Zero-Growth and Non-commercial Insurance
Imagine if you were able to take, to accept, a world in which there was "zero growth". What would its implications be? Would it be undeniably negative? I can imagine a world in which insurance is provided by friends and family, by community instead of commerce. If one needs help, one looks for one's own,... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 