Random Tumblifications on Business & Society

Boston police wants to subpoena some guy called Guido Fawkes. Rumor has it that he is most likely involved "in the leadership" of Anonymous. The sad irony doesn't stop here. They also try to subpoena everyone using specific hashtags (#bostonpd and #d0xcak3). Apparently there is even no problem with that:

That would mean Twitter would be required to turn over the IP addresses and e-mail addresses of anyone who used the hashtag #BostonPD from December 12 to 14, a time period covering the widely followed eviction of Occupy Boston from Dewey park. Krupp also sees a fishing expedition in the phrasing of “for the account or accounts associated with the following information”. That, he believes, could mean anyone that’s a follower of that account.

While reading through the "Poetry in the Boardroom: Thinking Beyond the Facts" (Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2005) transcript I thought it would be interesting to mash things a bit up.

JBS Editor Nanci Healy facilitated a roundtable discussion among Clare Morgan (Oxford University), Kirsten Lange (Boston Consulting Group, Munich) and Ted Buswick (Boston Consulting Group, Boston) on poetry and business strategy, two subjects that don’t ordinarily go together. (Source)

Traveling through the Dark

Traveling through the dark I found a deer dead on the edge of the Wilson River road. It is usually best to roll them into the canyon: that road is narrow; to swerve might make more dead. By glow of the tail-light I stumbled back of the car and stood by the heap, a doe, a recent killing; she had stiffened already, almost cold. I dragged her off; she was large in the belly. My fingers touching her side brought me the reason-- her side was warm; her fawn lay there waiting, alive, still, never to be born. Beside that mountain road I hesitated. The car aimed ahead its lowered parking lights; under the hood purred the steady engine. I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red; around our group I could hear the wilderness listen. I thought hard for us all--my only swerving--, then pushed her over the edge into the river. (Source)

We chose a poem that showed how complex making decisions is: complex, that is, in terms of how so many different elements can affect how we see ‘the facts’. The CEO was very pleased that the content of the poem opened up a wide-ranging discussion of real issues like:

when is the right time to kill off a project?

What influences we may not be aware of are affecting how we prioritize value and make fine judgements?

But Garzik, the developer, says that the most dedicated bitcoiners have stopped trying to hunt down Nakamoto. “We really don’t care,” he says. It’s not the individuals behind the code who matter, but the code itself.(Wired)