Dick Sblog

After advocating the possible benefits of the OLPC device (which isn’t available in the UK yet) to cut costs of IT replacement in schools in my article on Seb Schmoller’s mailing, I’ve had my attention drawn to the RM Asus – a well reviewed linux machine with open office for c£220. One benefit is a [...]

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I’ve just spent most of the day in the company of Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge and my head’s spinning a bit… Cognitive Edge is a really interesting company, not the least because they take an open-source approach to the development of consultancy methods: in itself, that’s pretty unusual and highly refreshing. Even more [...]

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Consultants love 2×2 matrices – I use them myself. There’s a YouTube video that you really should watch which features one of these little beasts in an analysis of risk regarding global warming. It’s a clever presentation and yes, it’s pretty scary.
Check it out at ‘The Most Terrifying Video You’ll Ever See’ 

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There’s an interesting blog, with comments, on the Guardian site,  which started last Wednesday. This kicked off with a comment about a comment made by Bill Thompson  on the BBC site saying that kids need to understand about security risks and schools should teach this understanding. What followed included some discussion about the curriculum meaning [...]

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