Conceptric

The archives for January 2009

  1. Perceptions of risk

    Risk is central to everything we do and every decision we make. Do modern approaches to risk management attempt to be too scientific?

  2. When frameworks are too friendly

    High quality Content Management Systems and development frameworks are everywhere, but are they all trying to be too friendly and flexible?

  3. Consuming the future

    Economically speaking we’re going through a bad patch, but it will get better, and when it does what will the world be like?

  4. When the time is right

    I don’t try to time my trades: I’ve demonstrated on many occasions that the markets follow me: down as soon as I buy, and up the moment I sell. However timing is critical when investing, and I’m not talking about “Buy low, Sell high”.

  5. What about Agile politics?

    Whilst I’m on the topic of Agility across disciplines, what about the administration of the whole Country?

  6. Agile investing?

    The thing I love most about well thought out concepts is how they can be applied across disciplines. Simplicity is as important in finance as it is in software engineering.

  7. The day I nearly let Wikipedia die

    I don’t have millions of dollars, but the Internet and Wikipedia is based on the little contributions that add up to a significant whole.