August 2004
Good-Bye, Chunky Rice (Aug 29, 2004)
Craig Thompson's Good-Bye, Chunky Rice is a great story about enduring and unlikely friendships between a turtle, a mouse, a man and his bird. It's deceptively innocent and deeply moving (kind of like The Iron Giant, except about a turtle...
Operational innovation and the Google datacenter (Aug 25, 2004)
There was a good article in the April Harvard Business Review about operational innovation (pay for a copy or read some highlights) which mentions some of the more well-known examples, like the Toyota Production System, the Dell business model, and...
Why does a microwave have a world-oriented clock anyway? (Aug 23, 2004)
There were two entertaining posts about microwave clocks on the IxDG discussion list this weekend. First this by Hans Samuelson: Another question: Why does a microwave have a world-oriented clock anyway? I have other clocks in the kitchen that are...
