by Tom | Jun 1, 2014 | Business, Government, Reading, Science
Some amazing stats on water use in Israel following the worst rainfall in years. This is massive. 30% of potable water from desalination rising to 40% in 2015 90% of waste water recycled for agricultural use Max $500 each year for a family’s needs for...
by Tom | May 29, 2014 | Business, Reading, View
All of us should ask ourselves these questions every time we create or view a chart. If the answers don’t align, something is wrong with the chart. Junk Charts Trifecta Checkup: The Definitive Guide – Junk Charts.
by Tom | Apr 2, 2014 | Business, Reading, Tech
Great article on the possible explosion in the use of voice as input / output for computers. The privacy of your computer whispering audio cards in your ear can clearly work, although I'm certainly not good at multitasking e.g. listening to a conversation as well...
by Tom | Mar 18, 2014 | Business, Reading, Tech
Couldn’t find one part of this to quote. So many online service upgrades are to the detriment of users in the support of new services that no one uses, advertising and / or stonewalling competitors. http://www.marco.org/2014/03/15/worse
by Tom | Mar 6, 2014 | Business, View
Sensible move from Getty: acknowledging that its images are available without watermark across the internet and owning the source and to some extent usage of them. Slightly fiddly to find the embeddable images (use search within this search) but once you are there...
by Tom | Jan 18, 2014 | Business, Reading
Think about that. A news app, a piece of software about the news made by in-house developers, generated more clicks than any article. And it did this in a tiny amount of time: The app only came out on December 21, 2013. That means that in the 11 days it was online in...
