Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as "steering the economy to a soft landing" of "a touch on the brakes" , makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. Economists have been particularly surprised by favorable inflation figures in Britain and the United States, since, conventional measures suggest that both economies, and especially America's, have little productive slack.
If you're hiding from the market, it's difficult to do great work,Not enough dimensions for me to be fascinated by, and few people pay money to attend bowling matches And then, of course, a vacuum, because the important but less glamorous work didn't get done,One CEO worked as hard as she could to restrain herself, but failed and almost threw me out of her office by the end
Matt has a masterful post up about what it means to ship,I'm investigating new ways to make this more efficient going forward You get hooked on them or they demand more attention or they make too much noise and the less-shiny projects or people whither away,As the medium changes, publishers are on the defensive
Worth printing out and posting on the watercooler,Bowling is all about one number: the final score It's important, expensive, time-consuming and brings big crowds,None of these things are supported by the core of the current corporate publishing model
