Found this presentation through LinkedIn. Certainly worth a viewing.
Dumbing Down
I often watch TV series/programmes about subjects that I have a particular interest in and, inevitably, those of which I have most knowledge always seem to come across as superficial or shallow or just plain dumbed down. I wonder to what extent that is a problem for the media generally.
Prediction Is Difficult – Especially About The Future!
It was Neils Bohr who first said that, and it is something which we all often fail to remember. This is the first of two blogs (probably in quick succession) triggered by a TV programme that I watched this evening.
Unintended Consequences
The Law of Unintended Consequences has been recognised for a long time. I myself am fond of stating that the thing that will trip you up or cause a project to go awry is always the thing that you failed to consider – all of the planning and preparation and decision making that is carried out is premised on the fact that everything is known – this law suggests that premise is always wrong (assuming you are dealing with anything other than a very simple system).
Inspirational Writing
There is no doubt that if this blog goes the same way as the one that I have previously published privately then a significant number of the posts will result from the discovery of a really apt quote or article that resonates with my own views. This post is one such and is inspired by words from Viktor Frankl.
On Friends
A few things have triggered me to think about friends recently – yes, I know I always will be thinking about friends, but I mean here thinking about the ‘concept’ of friends rather than the people themselves!
A Blogging Newbie
You might think so, but the reality is that I have been doing the non-web version of blogging for a long time and, indeed, I’ve even had a real blog for a few years on our company intranet – so with a limited (very limited??) readership.
The Marathon Marathon
I never intended to become a runner – however, having managed to complete a marathon, there were soon some goals and ambitions – most of which remain unfulfilled I have to admit – especially the fact that I never did make it to the Honolulo Marathon. I did, though, do the “Holy Grail” race – the Athens Marathon – from Marathon to Athens, finishing in the old Olympic Stadium.
Castle Toward
In July 1971 I attended the Glasgow Schools’ 1st Orchestra summer ‘camp’. I guess that ‘camp’ is not really the right word as we spent the time at Castle Toward – certainly not the usual notion of what a camp looks like. This was my second orchestral summer residential course following on from the 2nd Orchestra’s time in Rothesay the previous year and coming at the end of my schooling as it did I certainly envisaged it would be my last. (although things didn’t actually turn out that way)
Mozart in Rothesay
Well – he wasn’t there exactly – this is a tale of playing some music of Mozart (and Borodin, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak – and Strauss as an encore) in Rothesay.