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Minoan & Mycenaean water infrastructure

Collection of resources on water infrastructure from the Minoan & Mycenaean civilizations of Crete -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See PDF [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.524.5243&rep=rep1&type=pdf] for more Historical Aspects of Urban Water Systems [http://unix.eng.ua.edu/~rpitt/

Notes for Discovery

Ways of Thinking

Notes for Discovery

{Memory + Search + Flow + Serendipity} I capture most of what I learn and encounter because I believe it contributes to further discovery. My hope is that my obsessive note taking the storage of my experiences (memories), paired with an effective ability to search allows me to connect ideas and solve future

What is missing from X?

Andy Grove’s Modes of Control matrix What would I add? * Personal ambition, recognition, competition * Regulation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay Forrester’s Information feedback loop What would I add? * Training and Motivation (input: A Grove) * Information exists to create experience (input: J Lanier)

Problem Solving

Collecting Point: Problem Solving

A collection of notes on Problem Solving To paraphrase S Hossenfelder: Progress has been made by looking at questions that were well posed–at least in hindsight–where there was a *contradiction* The goal is to resolve the incompatibility To paraphrase H Simon: Problem solving is discovering the process description

Mix of concrete & abstract

Ways of Thinking

Mix of concrete & abstract

I’m in full belief that we need both concrete GSD (get shit done) and abstract long term thinkers. The ideal is someone who can cycle thru both at the right time and efficiency. This is very rare. So at times, you will need two people to play these parts.

Notes from Andy Grove’s High Output Management

Love this book, for the clarity of operations principles, and the impact of that to managerial decisions. Also, I’m a huge fan of Grove’s Motivation vs. CUA matrix. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems to me that Grove’s book has two themes: (1) How to approach operations, and (2) How

Notes on: Building 20 / Plywood Palace [MIT’s Rad Lab]

Notes on: Building 20 / Plywood Palace [MIT’s Rad Lab]

When I heard of the allure of Building 20, walking down the long corridor, I always confused it with Building 10. It wasn’t until a couple years later that I realized Building 20 was long gone, sitting where the Stata Center now is. Where are the Building 20s of

Hierarchic Span

Ways of Thinking

Hierarchic Span

Or: The joys of being a Big Picture Guy As a young engineer, I was persistently frustrated by the antics of my resident “Big Picture Guy.” BPG oversaw one of my projects at the engineering design firm where I worked. It seemed — to early 20s me — that his business-focused mind

Building as Organizational Statement

Notes Mildred & Ed Hall (known for other work on low/high context cultures) review the impact of building on behavior in an anthropological study centered around a new corporate campus for John Deere in Illinois. There are many ways that this summarizes much of the same approach (and confusion)

Platform Theories, Aggregated

Platform Theories, Aggregated

OR: How frameworks like Ladies’ Night helped me think about product & distribution strategy When scaling a startup in what *feels* like a new category, it’s exciting to think that you’re doing things for the first time. Then — out of the blue — humility slaps you in the face

A Conversation with Herb Simon

One of my early introductions to Herb Simon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pointer from: CMU Archives: Herbert Simon Collection Place digested: My kitchen, listening along and doing dishes Time digested: April 8, 2018 Source: “A Conversation with Herb Simon” Interview by Julia Love http://doi.library.cmu.edu/10.1184/pmc/simon/box00000/