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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Site Update – Causal Diagrams Page
I’ve now added a sequence of diagrams which explains some of the methodology behind the Causal Economy example. This example is by no means exhaustive but illustrates the causal complexity that can rapidly take form when one starts to look at a system; in this … Continue reading
Site Update
The new header shows a slice of a first-stab causal diagram I did last year on the UK economy. I coloured this one in yesterday just to make it more appealing as a header. See “Causal Diagrams” page for the full … Continue reading
Posted in Visual Economy
Tagged Causal Diagrams, Colour, UK Economy, Visualising Systems
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New ONS Website – First View
Oh dear. Not impressed. It seems to have added nothing of substance to the previous website, and on first inspection, there are elements missing e.g. lack of trended data in the summaries of economic data – did they think I … Continue reading
Posted in Data Gathering & Graphs, Economic Dashboard, Linking Performance to Activity, ONS
Tagged Meaningful Data, ONS, Trends
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The Patent Game – Initial Thoughts
Prompted by a tweet from Tim Harford, of BBC R4′ s “More or Less, referring to ‘Patent Trolls’ I feel compelled to get some thoughts down on the nature of intellectual property and ability 0f companies and creative individuals to protect … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property
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Site Update
I’ve now go the hang of ordering the menus and pages, so will start to fill them with items and graphics that give the reader a feel for my areas of research and interest. See the menu at the top … Continue reading
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Trumpton Riots
News: Trumpton University has begun work on establishing the causal links and behaviour that resulted in the Trumpton riots earlier this month. Several, as yet untested, hypothesese exist on the causal components of the unrest including Fire Brigade manning & … Continue reading
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Starting Up: Trying Graphs Out
See how this one looks. This is the pattern of trade from 1946 – 2009 for Trumptonland. On balance I would say “net importer”. Downside – at some point you have to pay for it. I think it was Grub who … Continue reading
Posted in Trumpton Economy
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Observations : ISS at Night
Some great passes of the ISS overhead at the moment. See http://www.n2yo.com/ for details.
New to Blogging
Hello All, I’m Dr John Homewood and this is where I start creating a blog site. I’m hoping to upload regular research items to see if there’s any interest out there, plus some personal comments and features. So, wish me luck. Back … Continue reading
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