Uncategorized

I’ve become somewhat obsessed with Quora of late, both on the working level of “getting answers to stuff” and the meta-level of understanding why it works. And I think I’ve worked out why it works so well. One simple trick: You’re only allowed to answer a question once. This forces users away from the kind [...]

I’ve been writing here for over eight years, and in that time what started out as a simple collection of links and bits and bobs that I  found interesting has mushroomed into something huge. I’ve no idea how many posts. But I’m tired of it, so I’m effectively closing the site. I’m not taking it [...]