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Category: Simplifying

There’s too much stuff and too much to do in life. It leads to a lower level of effectiveness for what’s important.

Simplifying

Another Hobonichi Year

Posted on January 3, 2021 by James Vornov / 1 Comment

It’s the beginning of a new calendar year and that means transition to a brand new Hobonichi. I’ve used this Japanese yearly planning calendar for t...

Philosophy/Simplifying

Mind In The Cloud

Posted on March 8, 2012 by James Vornov / 0 Comment

“Technology changes ”how“ not ”what.“ Expands in space, compresses in time. The results are sometimes breathtaking.” David R...

Drug Development/Philosophy/Simplifying

Why Enrichment Designs Don’t Work in Clinical Trials

Posted on December 6, 2010 by James Vornov / 1 Comment

Last week I was discussing a clinical trial design with colleagues. This particular trial used an enrichment design. A few years ago I did some simulation work ...

Philosophy/Simplifying

Trust is Simplifying

Posted on November 24, 2010 by James Vornov / 2 Comments

The outrage directed toward the TSA reflects a breakdown in trust. With terrorists trying to bring down planes, we don’t trust our fellow passengers. Ever...

Philosophy/Simplifying

On Packing Better

Posted on November 23, 2010 by James Vornov / 0 Comment

There is a difference between reducing complexity by deciding better and just artificially reducing choice through enforced “simplicity”. It is bett...

Simplifying

IPad Inspirations

Posted on May 16, 2010 by James Vornov / 0 Comment

For reasons I only partly understand, I bought the latest version of Tinderbox from Eastgate. It’s been over 4 years since I last worked on the Decision T...

Simplifying

Al Is Back

Posted on March 8, 2009 by James Vornov / 0 Comment

What a pleasant way to transition out of winter. Alwin Hawkins has started his weblog back up again: code:theWebSocket;: Arisen from the ashes…: “&#...

Simplifying

On Deciding . . . Better : Imagination as Simulation

Posted on December 28, 2008 by James Vornov / 0 Comment

On one monitor tonight I’m watching Garry Winogrand’s New School interview via 2point8. His work was just taking pictures. He transformed the ordina...

Simplifying

iPhone Europe

Posted on February 17, 2008 by James Vornov / 0 Comment

I used my iPhone pretty extensively in Europe during the last trip. The reaction was interesting.It’s viewed as a great phone, but the limitation to high ...

Simplifying

On Deciding . . . Better 2.0 Is Off the Air

Posted on January 8, 2008 by James Vornov / 0 Comment

After 6 months of regular writing here, I took down my previous weblog. Because of it’s long life, decidingbetter.com had better page ranking than this we...

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