Page 17 – Having fun, writing about the stuff I like

Cherries!

Oscar Foulkes / January 15, 2014

[row][span4] One of the recurring themes in Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow is that we have asymmetric responses to […]

Oscar Foulkes / January 12, 2014

[row][span4]The writing of the likes of Nate Silver, Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman (read my post on this here) encourages

Oscar Foulkes / January 10, 2014

[row][span4]In years past, I’ve opened my holiday reading with an escapist novel that I don’t put down until it’s finished,

Oscar Foulkes / December 13, 2013

[row][span4]My working life involves helping my clients operate effectively in a digital environment. So, their sales plans include ecommerce, their

Oscar Foulkes / November 8, 2013

[row][span4]I have been nagging my kids to learn a programming language. Whether it’s HTML, Javascript, Ruby or PHP, I really

Oscar Foulkes / September 24, 2013

[row][span4]Frustration is the mother of invention. In my case, the frustration was caused by the friction (i.e. various charges, some

Oscar Foulkes / September 13, 2013

[row][span4]Our domestic worker came to me to me on Monday with a request that we ‘print’ something for her daughter’s

Oscar Foulkes / September 10, 2013

[row][span4]Admissions, especially shameful ones, are best got out of the way quickly. Here’s mine: I failed to attend the Voorkamerfest