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Dating Audio & Video Recordings by Power Line Fluctuations

By Simon Coles | Published: July 15, 2010
Via Bruce Schneier and not directly relevant to my day job of creating/preserving patent evidence but really interesting nonetheless… apparently the police can date recordings by matching up the fluctuating frequencies of power lines. As anyone who has played with an oscilloscope knows, the 50Hz hum from mains power does show up at a low [...]
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Fascinating segment from Steve Jobs on go-to-market

By Simon Coles | Published: June 3, 2010
Fascinating segment from Steve Jobs at the D8 conference about innovation and Go-To-Market strategies. This is a really important point – you can have innovation, but if you can’t figure out a way to present it in a way that people will adopt and pay for it, there’s no way you can ever take that [...]
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Dilbert on purchasing cycles and requirements changes

By Simon Coles | Published: November 10, 2009
Sadly, so very true:
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Ah, little boys and their experiments

By Simon Coles | Published: September 19, 2009
This entry on FailBlog is rather tasteless, but it made me smile. Disregarding the subject matter I’m quite impressed with the quality of the write up!
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US healthcare system, and labour mobility

By Simon Coles | Published: June 10, 2008
Having hired people in Europe and the US, I can absolutely agree with Aaron Swartz in this post on how to promote startups. The healthcare issue in the US is a really big pain in the neck and I can’t help but feel if someone proposed the current system they’d be rightly described as totally nuts. Of [...]
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