Daily Archives Saturday, June 2007

Smaller: The Story of the Disposable Diaper (The Perfect Innovation) – Malcolm Gladwell

Doing my third diaper change of the morning reminded me of this excellent Malcolm Gladwell article I read a year or two ago.  In it, he looks at the history of disposable diapers, their science and the impact various elements have had on the economic aspects of the product.  Shea and I did the cloth […]

Friday Late Link – Public Library Does Away With Dewey (Fri June 15, 2007)

I had this ready to go yesterday but never got near a computer to post it.  So I'm backdating to Friday and life goes on… “The Prelinger Library is a small privately owned “public library” in San Francisco with the unique philosophy that browsing library stacks can reveal new knowledge, if the books are arranged […]