Rambling thoughts on models
I went down to Surrey on Friday for long walk and pub lunch with Neil Perkin. We’d originally planned to run a workshop about agile
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Yes, and…
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Another view…
Andrew Sullivan has a series of posts based on his readers’ varying perspectives on the recession. This one resonated for me. Here’s a snippet: Though I am still worried about
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