What would you do if your computer crashed? How about if your smartphone ran out of juice? The microwave blew a fuse? Or if, God forbid, you lost your Internet connection?
Posts Tagged ‘technology’
Monday, October 5th, 2009
What would you do if your computer crashed?
- Again I am humbled — this time by India and the other places in the world where life goes on…..in the end its much like all those apocalyptic movies — the Mad Max genre — the beauty is we adapt and thrive…or at least we have the ability too.. Read more >Posted by rolex daytona on 2010-05-20 09:47:44
- Again I am humbled -- this time by India and the other places in the world where life goes on.....in the end its much like all those apocalyptic movies -- the Mad Max genre -- the beauty is we adapt and thrive...or at least we have the ability too.. Read more >Posted by David Sable on 2009-10-07 01:51:10
- Dear Parkin, You stole my thunder! I work and live in India and I was going to say, if all the above happened, well, we'd have another normal day. In fact, on weekends, I and many like me, have no requirement of any such technologies. We have other problems :) But so much for being flip, the point about being ...Read more >Posted by nidhu on 2009-10-06 12:07:29
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Escalators
- SWIM!!!!!!!!
- There is an old saying. "What one has to do without, There is no good in thinking more about." We are evolution, we are about finding another way, if we do not have a bridge, we will use a boat, no boat, we swim. In short, if our attitudes are right there is nothing we can't do without.
- Although a computer is part of handling big data, I can manage a lot of situations without a PC. Even with a PC, there are lots of judgement calls that are pencil and paper experiences, or even waving of arms. A few weeks ago, however, I had a real issue. No pencil sharpeners! So that's my current dependency. Tom.
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
More on Insight
More on Insight. Our senses are not uni-dimensional.
Posit this: the 4th dimension is the world of our senses. The place where sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch combine in neural ways. That is what separates experience from computer simulation – no matter how good.
Think on it.
- Quickish comment about modelling and analytics: Modelling, data analysis and such don't exist in isolation from humans, perceptions, insights and goals. Models (etc) are there to reflect relationships that can be found by measurement in CRM or survey data. The motivation to even look for those relationships come from people making decisions about running a business. It's for their benefit. Lots ...
