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High Five for Week Ending 7-Feb

This week’s High Five is about crowd power; for better or worse.
#5: Microsoft’s Creative Destruction
Categorizing this article as “crowd power” is a little bit of a stretch, but it had to be included in the High Five nonetheless.  In the wake of the iPad product announcement, this fascinating article describes in great detail how the [...]

iPad Heralds the Age of Content

Disclosure #1:
I am not an Apple fanboy – not even close.
Disclosure #2:
This is about what we can learn from the iPad, not so much about the iPad itself.
I finally carved out an hour and half of time to watch the iPad unveiling, conforming myself to the reclining love seat with my laptop.  It was perched atop a lap [...]

High Five for Week Ending 31-Jan

Weekly High Five lists the most interesting, compelling, and/or useful links of each week. This week is about digital rights and net neutrality.

A Most Intimidating Book Review

The good news is that reading this book was a transformative experience. The bad news is that I am now burdened with reviewing a book penned by a NYT editor.

Spreadsheets: Use at Your Own Peril

Approximately 90% of all operational spreadsheets contain errors. Most of these are cases of hammering a nail with a banana; using a database would be a good start.