I'm not sure if I'd ever mentioned the Occam's Razor blog by Avinash Kaushik, but even if I did it's probably worth bringing it up again -- I must say it's one of the most useful digital analytics/marketing sites I've visited. (I'd actually clean forgotten about it for some time, then while doing some research... Continue Reading →
Choosing the amateur path
I'm currently reading a nice little book called Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky that discusses at some length the difference between being a professional and being an amateur. And it seems that being labelled an amateur isn't really so bad at all, and may in fact be a good thing. One of the professional vs.... Continue Reading →
The Trolley Problem and Being a Leader
In my previous post I wrote about the trolley problem (aka "the train dilemma"). Though an interesting problem in its own right and one which rightly deserved its own post, it wasn't really just for the sake of interest that I wrote it. As regular readers of my site would know (yes, all 60,000 of... Continue Reading →
Revisiting the train track dilemma or “trolley problem”
Part I: The Classic Train Track Dilemma, or: The Trolley Problem Imagine that you're at a train station "open house" of sorts. People are there to admire trains and see how they operate. No trains are scheduled to run that day, so people are scattered all over the place. There are some people gathering at... Continue Reading →