This Focused Performance Weblog started life as a "business management blog" containing links and commentary related primarily to organizational effectiveness with a "Theory of Constraints" perspective, but is in the process of evolving towards primary content on interactive and mobile marketing. Think of it as about Focusing marketing messages for enhanced Performance. If you are on an archive page, current postings are found here.
Saturday, March 08, 2003
• Concidence -- After a few days of an ugly stomach flu, I've got just enough energy to pass along this...
"An event that happens to but one in a billion people in a day happens 2000 times a year. A day when nothing weird happened would actually be the weirdest day of all." -- John Allen Paulos (mathematician)
Hence, the need for buffers and robust systems. What appears to be an effect of Murphy's Law may simply be an effect of getting pulled over and ticketed for a violation of the law of large numbers. But then of course, right now, I may be in no position to effectively judge weirdness.
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