Imperfect

Imperfect

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  • 22: Core Business
    Understanding what is and isn't your core business is critical for success. Horace Dediu joins John Chidgey for a very special episode of Pragmatic where for once John doesn't do all the talking!
    With Horace Dediu and John Chidgey.

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    1 hr 31 min
  • 21: Daylight Saving
    Daylight Saving was introduced as a means of conserving energy but does it achieve that in any way? Do the benefits truly outweigh the confusion and frustration it causes? John and Myke Hurley go through the history and draw their own conclusions.
    With Myke Hurley and John Chidgey.

    Related Links:

    • Daylight Saving Time
    • Daylight Saving Time: German Wikipedia Translation
    • Daylight Saving Time: Early Adoption and US Law
    • Daylight Saving Time: Original Idea
    • Stanford Magazine: What Did Daylight Saving Ever Do For You?
    • Peak Demand
    • Agrarian Society

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      1 hr 1 min
    • 20: The Critical Path
      Many people bandy-around the expression The Critical Path but what does it mean? The truth is that it's a part of Project Management and this phrase carries negative connotations for a lot of people but it's a tool to help us get to where we need to be.
      With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

      TechDistortion Companion Article:

      • The Critical Path

        • Project Management:

        • Project Management
        • Monroe Apples

          • Gantt Charts:

          • Gantt Chart
          • Project Professional 2013
          • Primavera
          • Gantt Project
          • Gantt
          • GAN format

            • PERT:

            • Project Evaluation and Review Technique
            • Float

              • The Critical Path:

              • The Critical Path Method (Wiki)
              • The Critical Path Method
              • Mythical Man-Month
              • Brookes Law

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                1 hr 2 min
              • 19: I'll Take The Gold-free Extra-Oxygen Cable Please
                Tackling two types of common cable, Speaker cable and HDMI cables. HDMI some obsess over gold plating; Speaker cable some obsess over OFC. Which is worth the extra money or are neither? Hardcore audiophiles may be upset by the contents of this episode.
                With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

                Articles about the show:

                • IPv6: An Unreachable Wall
                • The MOD Tracker Scene

                  • Oxygen-Free Copper:

                  • OFC Cables
                  • Standard Cable
                  • Oxygen-Free Copper
                  • Skin Effect

                    • Gold Plating:

                    • Golden Rules (PDF)
                    • Mohs scale of hardness
                    • HDMI

                      • Examples:

                      • 25W bookshelf speaker
                      • HDMI
                      • I2C

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                        57 min
                      • 18: Mediocrity, Consensus and Perfectionism
                        John and Ben tackle design consensus and dictatorship/auteur styles of design development. Is the dictatorship model better and if so what makes a good dictator?
                        With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

                        Related Links:

                        • Consensus
                        • Dictatorship
                        • Auteur

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                          51 min
                        • 9A: The Internet Makes It Even Better Follow-up 1
                          Follow up (Part A) to The Internet Makes It Even Better with a paid alternative to iFTTT Zapier; Replacing LogMeIn with TeamViewer (still has a free tier alternative); and DRM on Internet Connected Devices.
                          With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

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                          8 min
                        • 14A: The Worlds Most Popular Camera Follow-up 1
                          Follow up (Part A) to The Worlds Most Popular Camera where we look into printing photos and when SLRs will still have the edge but are destined to still be a niche product.
                          With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

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                          15 min
                        • 17: Stuxnet
                          John tackles the Stuxnet virus intended to disrupt Uranium Enrichment in 2010 in Iran and in the process explores what SCADA is, how to purify Uranium and of course, the anatomy of the Stuxnet worm.
                          With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

                          Related Links:

                          • SCADA
                          • W32 Stuxnet Dossier (PDF)
                          • ISIS NuclearIran › Nuclear Sites › Natanz
                          • Gas centrifuge
                          • Uranium
                          • Atomic number
                          • Federation of American Scientists :: How a Centrifuge Works
                          • SCADA History (DOCX)

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                            1 hr 6 min
                          • 11A: Cause And Effect Follow-up 1
                            Follow up (Part A) to Cause And Effect with more detail on the Aeroperu crash courtesy of listener Dean Lombard.
                            With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

                            Related Links:

                            • The Black Box: All-New Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts Of In-flight Accidents: Malcolm Macpherson

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                              6 min

                            About Imperfect

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                            Most people can look past the imperfections of everyday things in the world. For those that are unable to, this is for you.