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Pulpertank

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Pulpertank··on The Utility of Mathematics
And Richard Hamming's follow up in 1980: http://www-lmmb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/Hamming.unreasonable.html
Pulpertank··on Thunderbolt
Apple seems to be targetting a whole different sector with this technology. See Cringley's take on this (http://www.cringely.com/2011/02/attack-of-the-minis/) about how this technology could go into data centers. Interesting move by Apple.
Pulpertank··on Nourishing a Culture of Failure
A lot of people keep parroting Google's famous "fail quickly" model of encouraging innovation. But they seem to forget another well known fact: Apart from their core search product, Google has not produced another successful product. I think the two issues are related and a blind acceptance of Google's philosophy might be more harmful than good. Especially if your company does not have the kind of cash reserves that Google has.
Pulpertank··on A brief glimpse of Nokia's popularity outside the Western world
Never thought that the word 'subaltern' would ever turn up in tech discussion. Good one. :)