Rationally justifying the CriminalCounterpunch article “Rotten to the Core” of 20th Feb (via RobotWisdom)Quote “We’re talking about fraud, corruption, pollution, price-fixing, occupational disease, and bribery. The Chicago [Law] School says these are “externalities” and related fines and penalties should simply be viewed as the “costs of doing business.” Unquote.Compare deLorean in particular and Argyris in [...]
Entries from February 2002
Rationally Justifying The Criminal
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February 25, 2002 at 9:33am
by Psybertron
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The Zen TV Experiment
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February 22, 2002 at 11:59am
by Psybertron
The Zen TV Experiment by Bernard McGrane
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Change and Flexibility – My Dissertation
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February 22, 2002 at 2:02am
by Psybertron
Change and Flexibility – Attitudes and Organisational CulturePrepared my MBA Dissertation for HTML publication at last.It may be ten years old, but it’s the origin of many of my current threads.In fact this Blog carries on where Chapter 4 of the dissertation leaves business unfinished. A flexible “learning” organisation needs a “rational” model like a [...]
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Knowledge Engineering – by Guarino
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February 20, 2002 at 4:50pm
by Psybertron
at CNR LADSEB Institute for Systems Science and Biomedical Engineeringof the Italian National Research Council (CNR), Padova, Italy. Member of the initial KnoW Interest Group. Interesting stuff on Ontologies, Semantics, AI, and Uncertainty in Systems.
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Sturgeon’s Law & Hanlon’s Razor
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February 19, 2002 at 12:51pm
by Psybertron
Sturgeon’s Lawwhich comes from sci-fi writer Theodore Sturgeon who said,“Sure, 90 percent of [anything] is crap.That’s because 90 percent of everything is crap.” See also 90/90 rule “The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the [...]
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Whatever Happened to Nils Brunsson ?
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February 18, 2002 at 6:28pm
by Psybertron
Whatever happened to Nils Brunsson ? Still active at Stockholm School of Economics
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Whatever Happened To Chris Argyris ?
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February 18, 2002 at 6:22pm
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Whatever happened to Chris Argyris ?Still active in Action Research / Organisational Learning
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Taking Stock
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February 18, 2002 at 11:17am
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Taking Stock – Time to revisit the Manifesto ? Robert Pirsig‘s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Well at last I’ve read it …. and Wow ! – I am that man. Reading it 15 (or even 25) years ago could have saved a lot of effort. Still, better to travel than to arrive [...]
Blogger FAQ – Comments
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February 11, 2002 at 2:56pm
by Psybertron
Blogger FAQ – Including commenting options
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The End Of Change
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February 7, 2002 at 11:41am
by Psybertron
The End of ChangeExtract of book by Arthur D.Little people Peter Scott Morgan, Erik Hoving, Arnoud van der Slot, and Henk Smit.Uses Pyramid, Cube, Cylinder & Sphere analogies in the obligatory Boston Consulting Group 2×2 grid to charaterise different organisation styles affecting change processes – (How easy is it to move one of these shapes [...]
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Digital Web Magazine
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February 1, 2002 at 5:59pm
by Psybertron
Digital Web Magazine The web designer’s online magazine of choice (sic).
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What Good Is Information Architecture Anyway ?
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February 1, 2002 at 5:58pm
by Psybertron
What Good is Information Architecture Anyway?Jan 22, 2002 Blog entry from Louis Rosenfeldwith some discussion & feedback too.
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Thinking For A Living
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February 1, 2002 at 5:43pm
by Psybertron
Thinking For A Living“Quantity begets quality. If you want to find the answer, ask as many questions as possible first”“Genius is the ability to edit.” – Charlie Chaplin quoted fromThinking For A Living: Creating Ideas That Revitalize Your Business, Career & Life – by Joey Reiman, summarised in The Creative Process of Ideation, published on [...]
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Clifford (A) Pickover
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February 1, 2002 at 3:59pm
by Psybertron
Clifford A. Pickover’s Home PageProlific mystic science author with impressive collection of fractal graphics to boot.(Also part of “The Infinite Fractal Loop”)
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Fractal Art Showcase
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February 1, 2002 at 3:52pm
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Marius Watz’s SITOmeFractal Art Showcase
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Monkey Thoughts Move Cursor
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February 1, 2002 at 3:33pm
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Monkey Moves Computer Cursor by Thoughts Alone By E.J. Mundell NEW YORK (Reuters Health)It may seem like science fiction, but scientists say they have developed a technology that enables a monkey to move a cursor on a computer screen simply by thinking about it.
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Semi-Annual Voice-Recognition-Bashing
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February 1, 2002 at 3:31pm
by Psybertron
News: Voice recognition: Another dead endJohn Dvorak of ZD News / PC Magazine.“Semi-annual voice-recognition-bashing” says Jorn
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One Man (Ev) And His Blog(ger)
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February 1, 2002 at 10:32am
by Psybertron
A Tale of One Man and his BlogIt is not often you can say a website has changed the face of the web,and had an impact far beyond the confines of its own domainBlogger has revolutionised personal websites. Now Ev Williams, its only member of staff tells, Neil McIntoshit’s time to take blogging to the [...]
