Upstarta

Dilbert – cause or effect?

January 21, 2011

I often refer to Dilbert for fabulous examples of how companies shouldn’t work, and note that people particularly identify with …read the rest

Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

January 6, 2011

I love Hans Rosling’s zeal for making stats come alive! Note that while the income scale is logarithmic, the age …read the rest

The Parable of the Toaster

January 3, 2011

(author unknown) Once upon a time, in a kingdom not far from here, a king summoned two of his advisors …read the rest

Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work

November 30, 2010

Jason Fried (co-founder of 37signals) has a radical theory of working: that the office isn’t a good place to do …read the rest

How my book structure got temporarily derailed

October 15, 2010

One longer-term objective of Upstarta has been to bring out a book. Having done previous analysis of the publishing industry …read the rest