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2023-07-07 · construction-physics.com

The Grid, Part III: The Dream of Deregulation

For most of the industry’s history, electric power in the US had largely been provided by vertically integrated utility companies that handled every part of the electricity supply: generating it, transmitting it, distributing it to customers, and managing the overall system…

2023-07-03 · jdawiseman.com

Pricing Money

The text of Pricing Money, J. D. A Wiseman, Wiley (2001)

2023-07-03 · commoncog.com

Dell's Capital Expertise

We trace Michael Dell's skill at the art of capital in business, and use it to examine how skill at capital allows you to make moves that aren't available to a novice business operator.

2023-07-02 · nngroup.com

Quantitative UX: Glossary

Use this glossary to quickly clarify key terms and concepts related to quantitative user studies.

2023-06-30 · theworld.org

Why are some sounds funny?

To English speakers, the word, “peanut” isn’t especially funny. But “peanut” in Serbian, “kikiriki” is widely considered by Serbs to be the funniest word in their language. This raises the question of why people laugh at some words (“poop”) but not at others (“treadmill”). Does…