Why is is often difficult to distinguish between conceptual map-reading, map-testing, and map-making? Set theory provides one explanation Big maps have little maps… One explanation is that any conceptual map draws on other previously created maps. Sometimes you will find yourself reading a map, which itself indicates some map-testing that had gone on during […]
Murray has had a good Australian Open. But has he improved his play? I watched, again, bleary-eyed, as Murray, (seed 4) played and beat the 24th seed Kei Nishikori in the quarter finals [25th Jan 2012]. I wanted to see if there had been signs of significant change in his play. Three patterns of play [...]
Chess and Rugby games both start with two sets of eight ‘forwards’. In chess the forwards are called pawns and most of them get taken out of the battle as each game is played The beautiful parallel came to my attention through the remarks of a commentator on one of the Heineken cup games yesterday [...]
Yesterday I found myself cut off from phone and internet contact and in a state of existential dread. This is the story of how it happened and what happened next This post is to announce that I am now on line again. It also helps me to thank a large number of people who helped [...]
One popular newspaper has been running stories about ‘Marmite workers’ going on strike. For Unilever’s employees it’s much more than that To associate Unilever only with one of the manufacturer’s more quirky products is an oversimplification. Unilever is a modern global organization founded by the entrepreneur and social welfare pioneer William Hesketh […]