Author Archives: Ian

Via Ernie the Attorney, Ive stumbled on The Economist’s Style Manual, inculding the discussion of ‘Americanisms.’ (But don’t hold your breathe)

Reuters.com is reporting that The top four U.S. broadcast networks — CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox — have signed on to comply with a new 12-character code for tracking all advertising, called Ad-ID. Ad-ID’s designers are the Association of National Continue reading Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads→

As reported by The Register, Intel is delaying cheap hi-def TV tech, which had been expected by the end of 2004, using “Liquid Crystal On Silicon” (LCOS), involving thousands of tiny LCD cells on a silicon wafer, as an inexpensive Continue reading No big screen Television for me this year….→

Words of wisdom (and caution) from Incipient(thoughts): the project managment equivalent of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle: The more control you want on their status (or position), the less you have over their velocity. Pick one of the two – and Continue reading Heisenberg principle of projects→

Is Science Fiction About to Go Blind? article in Popular Science for August 2004 is now online. orginally here For a taste of what Cory and Chrile can do check out Jury Service (I’m still trying to get my mits Continue reading Blinded by Science→