No wonder why younger generations prefer to text or just use an app. We still have to call-in every once in a while, and when we do, we get the “…your call is important to us…please stay on the line…” on loop. Even we hear this, we know...
Just to make sure we know what we are talking about, I am referring to a “model” that attempts to mimic somehow the behavior of a system, market, customer, etc. No smoking hot individuals here. Every model is fundamentally wrong. It is a feature of every...
To make a house livable, you first have to have a house. We all know that. But if there is enough forethought, those designing the house’s frame, can do so to make it much more livable. The doors, the window frames, the orientation, and a long list of etceteras...
I was reading a case study about the once revolutionary “Mas por Menos” supermarket chain in Costa Rica. They were the first ones to introduce the self service experience in that country almost 100 years ago. Before them, there was only the regular corner...
How intellectual property is protected seems to be quite a mystery for many. I am no lawyer, but ideas, designs, and methods can be protected in at least a couple of different ways, very different one from the other: The first one is just plain secrecy. If no one can...
A few days ago, I was pointed to THIS ARTICLE on a major data forgery disaster in a research paper. The article points to evidence that not one, but TWO researchers altered, fabricated, or forged data on the same research paper. The paper was published with the...
