Weak data

September 30, 2016
Augstine's Law Number XXXV: The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity.
-- Norman Ralph Augustine

Website 4 the day:
Human perspective on self-driving cars:
http://moralmachine.mit.edu/
 

Competitive selection

September 29, 2016
Augstine's Law Number XXXIV: The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.
-- Norman Ralph Augustine

Website 4 the day:
Organize health info:
https://carezone.com/home
 

Rushing fools

September 28, 2016
Augstine's Law Number XXXIII: Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.
-- Norman Ralph Augustine

Website 4 the day:
Downloadable and online graphics editor:
http://vectr.com/
 

Problems into gold

September 27, 2016
Augstine's Law Number XXXII: Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of turning problems into gold, your problems into their gold.
-- Norman Ralph Augustine

Website 4 the day:
H20 (water) prank:
http://www.dhmo.org/
 

Optimum committee size

September 26, 2016
Augstine's Law Number XXXI: The optimum committee has no members.
-- Norman Ralph Augustine

Website 4 the day:
Summaries of the day's important news:
http://www.theskimm.com/?r=1baabd86.
 

Skunks

September 25, 2016
Skunks are very scent-imental!

Website 4 the day:
R2D2 translator:
http://www.r2d2translator.com/
 

People asking questions

September 23, 2016
Augstine's Law Number XXX: By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.
-- Norman Ralph Augustine

Website 4 the day:
Wobulator:
http://webaudio.prototyping.bbc.co.uk/wobbulator/
 

Executive longevity

September 22, 2016
Augstine's Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.
-- Norman Ralph Augustine

Website 4 the day:
Animated text:
http://www.stilllife.studio/txtwav
 

When it is better

September 22, 2016
Augstine's Law Number XXVIII: It is better to be the reorganizer than the reorganizee.
-- Norman Ralph Augustine

Website 4 the day:
E-coli evolves to tolerate antibiotics:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/180908160
 

Not intimidating

September 21, 2016
Augstine's Law Number XXVII: Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.
-- Norman Ralph Augustine

Website 4 the day:
Check out people:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/68055/library-lets-you-check-out-people-instead-books
 

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