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Three Rules of PowerPoint

Posted on August 15, 2011

The sheer ubiquity of the Microsoft Office suite has created a cottage industry around the evaluation and critique of its bundled applications. Microsoft Excel, with its attendant realm of spreadmarts and shadow…

Six Degrees of Joy Division

Posted on May 29, 2011

My local record store used to have this great poster on the back wall that explained how several dozen British indie bands from the 80s were all linked together through their various group members. The title…

Addressing the Loss of Institutional Memory

Posted on May 19, 2011

There was an interesting article in the news today that highlights the struggle organizations face when they try to preserve knowledge, codify decisions, or record experiences in a way that can be passed on from…

Time-Distance Diagrams

Posted on April 27, 2011

After I was in a car accident a few years ago, I contacted the city Traffic Control Engineer to see if I could get a copy of the signal timing sequence for…

Is Lying to the Public OK?

Posted on March 24, 2011

In a recent post, Lane Wallace discusses the pros and cons of a proposed amendment to Canada’s Broadcasting Act of 1986 which would allow broadcasters more leeway to broadcast false or misleading news. As…

Notes from the Margin: The Tipping Point

Posted on March 19, 2011

I finally had a chance to read Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point the other day and I thought I’d pull together a few quick comments. Things that caught my fancy: Social…

Fighting Insidious Business Jargon with Design

Posted on February 28, 2011

One of the biggest barriers to introducing new concepts to people is that they often have old, preconceived notions about those concepts that are just close enough to the truth to cause confusion. For example,…

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