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We are not numerate …

Steve Layman reminds us that, in general, we are not numerate: “ most people just don’t understand how [compounding] works. For instance, 10% growth for 25 years is not 250%, it’s 985%!” Douglas Adams understood, of course, and illustrated its power – especially if combined with time travel – in paying your bill at Milliways, the Restaurant […]

I want a tank, too!

Via Anderson Layman’s blog. What other reason do you need?

Brand Loyalty?

Michael Wade’s (Execupundit) post on Brand Loyalty got me thinking. Like him, I find I have very few absolute loyalties in the things I give any thought too. All I can think of are: Fender J Herbin, and The Economist On things I give very little thought too, the list is longer – and probably […]

Santa Claus vs. Father Christmas

Santa Claus was the vanguard in America’s war of cultural imperialism. Who knew?!?! Mark Forsyth has an excellent piece on the origins of both Father Christmas and Santa Claus.  They are not, it turns out, one and the same, but nineteenth century, transatlantic rivals. Forsyth’s new book, A Christmas Cornucopia, is top of my own Santa […]

Honoured, humbled, chastened and inspired

Many heartfelt thanks to Kurt at Cultural Offering for including me on his list of “25 Blogs Guaranteed to Make You Smarter.” I hope to do better. I aim to be more regular. I aspire to be smarter. In the meantime, check out the others on the list.

The stories I’m told

I love my work. A large part of what I do is story-telling, and when those stories are customer case studies, I get to talk to my clients’ customers about their businesses, their challenges and their passions. Some of those are not my tales to tell here. They involve the use of clients’ products or […]

The Fox is five

Grey Fox blog, which I only discovered earlier this year, is five years old today.  

Happy Thanksgiving!

To all my American friends! It’s such a great tradition. Thank you for your friendship and support through the year.  

Grey Fox on Outdoor Wear

Grey Fox writes a blog on clothing and style for the, shall we say, “less immature” man. It’s well worth adding to your reading list. I’ve been following, reading (and coveting some fine clothes) for a while now, but this post on the tradition of Great British Outdoor Wear is especially good. The excellent photography was […]

Caffeine-powered Friday …

… when you have one day of time, two days of work and no days of energy.    

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