Can you remember the name of the first spreadsheet? Browser?
Talking to a friend recently during a walk in the mountains, none of us could remember the name of the first spreadsheet – sic transit gloria mundi.
Joseph E. Stiglitz: Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%
I find it difficult to summarise Stiglitz’s piece in Vanity Fair, May 2011, simply because I think that he makes his point so clearly, in as few words as possible,…
ZDNet The Apple Core: Why Apple gadgets can’t be made in the U.S.
Jason D. O’Grady writes on ZDNet Why Apple gadgets can’t be made in the U.S.: “During Thursday night’s debate in South Carolina CNN host and moderator John King asked the…
The right to bear firearms – discussion points
BBC News: An American professor on firearms in the UK Why Britain needs more guns by Joyce L. Malcolm (Professor of history, Bentley College, US author of Guns and Violence:…
Internet speed – Spain has a long way to go
If Internet access speed is an indicator of a country’s progress, Spain has a long way to go, even taking into account that I can only get 4 Mb/s in…
Najciekawsze pomysły o UE w tej chwili przychodzą z Polski
Gazeta Wyborcza: Europa jest chora. Nie ma jednego lekarstwa Wygląda na to, że najciekawsze pomysły w tej chwili przychodzą z Polski, podczas gdy starzy członkowie Unii sa w stanie rozterki.
Forthcoming education announcement by Apple, expected to cover etextbooks.
Jason D. O’Grady on ZD Net: Publishers to use digital textbooks to kill resale market discusses the forthcoming education announcement by Apple, expected to cover etextbooks. My take: 1. Self-publishing…
Economist: Save the City
In the leader Save the City, the Economist (1 January 2012) comes to the defence of the City, London’s financial market, decrying that “Britain is the home of the world’s…