Scott Adams on Democracy, Capitalism, Internet. Indeed, the idea of “perfect markets” that economists espouse can be applied to democracy as well. The Internet is proving to be a bane in the lives of many a politician, businessman (Australian retailers are a good reference point), etc etc. as much as they are a boon to countless others.
First Solar finds love in India
Clean Energy has a real opportunity to make it as a mainstream application, if only it can gain enough traction, & escape the enormous gravitational forces of Big Oil & Big Energy. First Solar finds love in India is a look at how one company is seeing some encouraging results.
Self-perception Theory
Self-help maniacs (like me) have no dearth of preachers or research that proves one thing one day & another the next. As this article (citing research) points out, I don’t know what the **** I’m doing. More specifically, I don’t know why I do what I do (whatever it is I do!). An entertaining read, nonetheless!
Walking blindfolded
This video tries to explain what happens when you walk blindfolded.
Virtual Haircut
Listen to this with your headphones on. Simply awesome.
This is a bin-aural recording, essentially replicating the way you hear a sound if you were in the place yourself.
The reversal trickle towards in-shoring
General Motors hiring 10000 software engineers, is in the news.
Has the tide turned on out-sourcing? Are more companies realising that while they can keep costs of production low by moving it off-shore, it also hurts domestic demand for their products because their “consumers'” incomes have shrunk?
Remembering Your First Computer Is For Old People – TechCrunch
Remembering your first computer is for old people! says this “chronologically challenged” author!
Why Do America’s Super-Rich Feel Victimized by Obama? : The New Yorker
The Functional Art
An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization: The first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) about infographics and data visualization. Even Stephen Few, an authority on data visualisation (at least for us folks who have to rustle up charts that effectively communicate whatever story it is that needs to be told) & a rather harsh critic, has much praise for the author of the book, Alberto Cairo [@AlbertoCairo]. The book, The Functional Art, is available on Amazon.
American Presidential Elections
The Guardian reckons that Americans deserve a better choice in this election than the ones they’ve got.