Monthly Archives: April 2011

Luna Quote – Arthur C. Clarke

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

“Any sufficiently advanced technology appears to be magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke

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Luna Links – Africa, Microsoft and Myspace plus Tron

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

The True Size of Africa (A visualisation) – I can’t help but have a flash back to the organisation of cartographers for social equality on the West Wing. Did The Microsoft Stack Kill MySpace ? – This post, plus the … Continue reading →

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When you should do nothing – maximising the performance of knowledge workers

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

Most of the ideas we write about are well supported by research, leaders in software development and business or at the very least are well established as best practice.  Instead today I want to write about a personal theory of … Continue reading →

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The cloud is bullshit

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

And here’s my proof – there’s an email newsletter that says so.  

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The Dalton-Pierce Digital Disruption Quotient

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

This marvelous graph was produced by Michael DeGusta in an erudite post on The Understatement blog on the disruption the recorded music industry has endured in the last 40 years. It’s a gloomy picture, and working for a publisher (of … Continue reading →

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Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

Akins has collected a wonderful set of laws for Spacecraft Design, most of them are equally relevant for other engineering projects.  Just be glad that rule 40 doesn’t apply to your project. 1. Engineering is done with numbers. Analysis without … Continue reading →

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