Boyden, E. S. "How to Think." Ed Boyden's Blog. Technology Review. 11/13/07. (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/boyden/21925/).
How to Think - Managing brain resources in an age of complexity
A few highlights.
Synthesize new ideas constantly.
Make contingency maps. Draw all the things you need to do on a big piece of paper, and find out which things depend on other things. Then, find the things that are not dependent on anything but have the most dependents, and finish them first.
And most importantly:
Make your mistakes quickly. You may mess things up on the first try, but do it fast, and then move on. Document what led to the error so that you learn what to recognize, and then move on. Get the mistakes out of the way. As Shakespeare put it, "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Economics Blog : Negative Feedback on Economy's Negative Feedback Loops
This is funny, what is positive, and what is negative.
Economics Blog : Negative Feedback on Economy's Negative Feedback Loops
Why WSJ cannot simply admit that they have made a mistake? They have to cite others' mistakes to prove that they are correct?
Economics Blog : Negative Feedback on Economy's Negative Feedback Loops
Why WSJ cannot simply admit that they have made a mistake? They have to cite others' mistakes to prove that they are correct?
The Stimulus Strategy: Financial Page: The New Yorker
In the Latest issue of the New Yorker, James Surowiecki cited Charles Perrow's Normal Accident.” to explain the bond market turmoil.
It is interesting to see that a journalist cited an investigation of engineering systems by a sociologist to explain the financial market. Well, if we check the number of former engineers and sociologists working on the Street, it might not be surprising.
It is interesting to see that a journalist cited an investigation of engineering systems by a sociologist to explain the financial market. Well, if we check the number of former engineers and sociologists working on the Street, it might not be surprising.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Seven Rules for Reporting Polls and Research Results
A nice post at STATS.
My favorite is the 7th.
Thinking is hard. That explains a lot, not only stats, or news.
A nice post at STATS.
My favorite is the 7th.
Thinking is hard. That explains a lot, not only stats, or news.
Monday, February 04, 2008
What is the difference between super Tuesday and Super-bowl?
Not much, I think. Once a scientist pointed out we do not have a President trained in science and tech yet, but we have presidents from showbiz. To the reporters / journalists, what is difference in reporting super-bowl and super Tuesday. All we need is a close match and excited fans. If there is none, we will create it, at least make it appear so.
Not much, I think. Once a scientist pointed out we do not have a President trained in science and tech yet, but we have presidents from showbiz. To the reporters / journalists, what is difference in reporting super-bowl and super Tuesday. All we need is a close match and excited fans. If there is none, we will create it, at least make it appear so.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Last month I bought a copy of personal finance software from the company recently propose to buy Yahoo. The activation did not work. There is no response when I press any button in the activation dialog box. A google search showed others have seen this on Vista, and it was possibly caused by the security mechanism. Disabling the security did not work for me, and I have to give up until I saw similar failure when I install Abode Reader. No response during the license dialog. A post at Abode forum suggest register vbscript and jscript again. It works.
Lesson: I might have jumped too early for Vista. Upgrade might not mean the definitions you would find in a dictionary.
Lesson: I might have jumped too early for Vista. Upgrade might not mean the definitions you would find in a dictionary.
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