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In my What Happened at Boeing? post, I recounted some of the disturbing tales told by Matt Stoller of how a dysfunctional management team of Boeing succeeded in taking what was arguably the world’s foremost aircraft design and manufacturing company … Continue reading →

Except for you young guys for whom they’re pretty much the same: “Japan’s sole pager provider will end its services Tuesday, with the device, first introduced in the country half a century ago, made redundant by mobile phones.” (Are we … Continue reading →

Back in June, I wrote about the light-mode/dark-mode controversy and the article by Adam Engst claiming—and citing substantiating research—that all the claims of dark mode’s superiority are nonsense and, in fact, the opposite of the truth. In particular, dark mode … Continue reading →

I stumbled upon a very interesting article from 2016 entitled The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think. The real point of the article, though, is “You are not the user.” Whatever you think about your users’ assumptions … Continue reading →

Betteridge’s law tells us to answer that question with a “no” and that’s—at least partially—the right answer. “No” is the right answer because scientists and statisticians can’t agree on what should replace the p-test. It’s the wrong answer because it’s … Continue reading →