Month: January 2017
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Pattern Interrupts and Creativity
Thanks to Faris for highlighting this extract from Tim Harford's Messy: Coincidentally, several days later Tim himself shared a link to this fascinating article on how Charles Darwin decided on the books he was going to read. The piece reports on some extensive analysis that researchers have conducted on 665 of the English non-fiction books…
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The Limitations of Machine Learning
I don't claim to be an expert on machine learning and AI but there is certainly no shortage of hyperbole about it right now. But in this case for good reason I think. It's on every trends/prediction list you read but it is surely the comprehensiveness in which it will be integrated into organisational capability, customer…
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Post of the Month – December 2016 – The Winner
A somewhat evenly split vote this month but happy to say that Faris Yakob won through with his excellent take on How Toxic Nostalgia Built the Foundation for 2016. Well done Faris – you join the hall of fame. My thanks to all who took part
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Post of the Month – December 2016 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations. So our vote this month is between: Imagining other people's lives is still a crucial marketing skill by Craig Mawdsley The State of Technology at the end of 2016 by Ben Thompson Just because you think you're a 'native' doesn't mean you're smarter from Martin Weigel Young Creatives believe they have nothing…
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Genius Hesitates
In the brilliant Seven Brief Lessons on Physics which I'm reading right now (thanks to Inaki for the tip) there's a (very accessible) section explaining quantum theory. Building on the work of Max Planck, Einstein wrote a paper showing that light is made of 'packets' of energy. The introduction to the article (essentially the birth…
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Post of the Month – December 2016 – Nominations
It may be 2017 (just) but we're not quite done with 2016 yet as it's time to open up nominations for Post of the Month for December. As usual I've set out a starting short-list below but please do add to these with your own nominations for good stuff that you've read over the past month.…
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Learning from Architecture
This time of year is always good for catching up on my (extensive) Pocket reading backlog. In Austin Kleon's review of Witold Rybczynski's book on architecture Mysteries of the Mall: And Other Essays, he describes how too many architects see themselves as artists rather than designers of spaces for people to live and work in. He quotes…