Hell. It ain’t frozen yet, but it’s cooling.

26/01/10 •

Today I did something I had not expected to do until quite recently. I took my mobile business back to Telecom NZ. Vodafone are history after over 10 years.

So, what happened?

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Social networks need castes

19/01/10 •

On Facebook I have “friends”. On Twitter, I “follow” people and am “followed”. These are examples of classless societies.
But they don’t mirror the real world.
As much as many cultures have tried to eliminate social castes, classes, if you will, at a societal level, the fact is that within the realm of people you know and [...]

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Calendric numeracy

01/01/10 •

New decade? NEW DECADE? Sigh! Here we go again.

Just like the new millenium, the pretty numbers are distracting minds from the basic mathematics, nay numeracy.

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Bad SA

01/12/09 •

Every day I see people crossing roads in ways that entirely fail to take into account their own mortality. Really there is only one rule for crossing a road. Don’t get hit. Sure there are rules, lights, road markings. But these are merely an aid to not getting hit. I’ve made a personal study of ‘how not to get hit’. For many years now I have had the basic model sorted, but I continue to refine it by observing others’ ‘how not to not get hit’ behaviours. For instance, don’t sneak to the traffic island in the centre of the road and then forget about the traffic that is now behind you.

But an experience at lunch time today gave me a very interesting insight into the way people – ordinary people – get their situational awareness. Or don’t.

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