Words on application design, systems engineering, platform architecture, AI, technology business and res publica by Kontra, a veteran design and management surgeon, perennially in search of complex problems to operate on. 10 principles for design in the age of AI and other edicts. Not a fan of Yves Béhar. 1 Design solves an important human problem.

Beauty, style and anything else that catches my eye. Wednesday, June 30, 2010. And look out very soon for a giveaway to celebrate! Monday, June 21, 2010.

The problem with the Olympics.

Evaluation of visitors and page impressions. Evaluation of search engines and keywords. Invisible integration of website code. Trends, forecasts and more.

Operations and Supply Chain Management without the Outsourcing of Accountability. The Case for the Imminent Collapse of the Electronics Industry. We owe it to ourselves to invite discussion on that topic. The numbers are the numbers. What is lacking is an adequate interpretation that explains them. And so we must ask, Is there an interpretation or scenario that best explains both the data as reported and what we see with our own eyes as buyers and sellers in the elec.