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3月10日 lifeasdaddy - The lifeasdaddy blog has moved to a new locationHenceforth, this blog will be located at a new address.
Please change your links and readers accordingly.
I've moved lifeasdaddy due to the new intrusive and annoying banner advertisements which now appear at the top of the page courtesy of the blog host. This new advertising regime is also making the blog take a long time to load.
Come along with me, you know you want to....
lifeasdaddy - Malcolm Gladwell on the power lawOccasionally my wife treats me to copy of the the New Yorker magazine . Malcolm Gladwell's written an interesting article about the power law as applied to some human situations.
Read the article called Million-Dollar Murray here.
"Power law" is become a bit of a buzz-phrase. Regardless, Gladwell has used it as a jumping off point for examining how best to solve some previously intractable problems.
Violence in policing is one.
Homelessness is another. The Murray Barr referred to in the title was a homeless man. A human above all. Gladwell examines his case to illustrate that instead of managing the problem of homelessness it may be more effective, and even more economical and cheaper to solve the problem.
Gladwell says it better than I can. He spells better than I can too.
If you're intested,Gladwell's blog is here, and he was added to the blogroll last week.
3月8日 lifeasdaddy - M. Night Shyamalan's AMEX advertApparently, TV viewers of the Oscars in the US saw a new American Express advertisement in the My Life, My Card series. This one's directed by and stars M. Night Shyamalan.
Here in Oz, it hasn't aired yet. Meanwhile, it can be viewed here.
It's incredibly carefully crafted, and quite dark. Grant McCracken deconstructs it here. Whilst McCracken notes all of the dark aspects of Mr. Shyamalan's take, he just misses out on the slightly tongue in cheek and self deprecating tinge in the closing moments.
Check out the ad here, see what you think.
lifeasdaddy - flash mobbing: Wasik the inventor?A couple of weeks ago I read that there had been a pillow fight in Union Square, NY, Fred Wilson pointed to this great set of photos here.
That event was organized as a public art event by newmindspace, and there's links to lots more photos here.
Interested in the origin of flash mobbing? Well, Bill Wasik has just written an article for Harper's magazine about how flash mobbing,got started back in '03. Here's part 1 of the article.
Wasik's account of mobbing the lobby of the Grand Hyatt, Grand Central Station, NY was particularly amusing to me as an ol' hotel man. The price of the ticket to NYC would have been worth it to see that.
(pointer from Design Observer)
Apparently some folks up in Brisbane have been done a few.
3月6日 lifeasdaddy - Lincoln's Gettysburg addressIf Abraham Lincoln had used Microsoft's PowerPoint to craft his dedication, would it have turned out like this?
Nope, I don't think so. I'm sure it would still have been this.
(Thanks to Hillary Johnson for pointing to Peter Norvig's site. )
(And the story behind the story, by Mr. Norvig.)
lifeasdaddy - Knowledge@WhartonI was recently checking out podcasts on iTunes, looking for some new and interesting content.
If you're interested in business management or investment check this one:
It turns out that the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has a knowledge dissemination program ( U.S. spelling) called Knowledge @ Wharton. It's got a great website here. You can sign up there for access to 100s of articles on useful business topics.
Apparently, they've got around 400,000 registered users.
The link to their iTunes podcasts also shows up in the right margin.
lifeasdaddy - ANZ job advertisements series.One economic indicator which is usually easily grasped is the ANZ job advertisements series.
The figures for February were released today, and the media release can be read here.
I think the most significant parts are these:
I think it is of some relief to those of us who live in New South Wales that the index rose 2.0% here, against the national trend.
The ANZ also provides this simple note about methodology, and significance:
Interesting that the ANZ makes that statement that the figures should not be used to assess the financial performance of any of the newspapers included in the study. I'd be very interested to see some analysis of job advertisement revenue for the major daily newspapers.
lifeasdaddy - a red sunset.Last night, the evening sky was a startling red colour.
Today is a beautiful day in Sydney.
I guess my mother was right when she said, "Red sky at night, Shepherd's delight!"
lifeasdaddy - Brum live show: Big Town BroadwayEdward likes watching the adventures of Brum.
At the moment there's a Brum live show touring Sydney, and we went to the show at the Harbord Diggers Memorial Club on Saturday.
An item in the Parramatta Advertiser gives a good synopsis of the show here.
The show was a lot of fun for the kids, but the plot was probably a bit complex for 2-year olds. I reckon it's best suited for 4 to 6 year olds.
The sound volume level in the auditorium was way too loud, and I had a headache after only 2 minutes of the show starting.
The Brum car itself is great, and really works well. Obviously radio controlled, and imitated the Brum on television very well.
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