Archive for October 2009
From the late 1800s until the 1950s, railroads dominated the transportation landscape. Want to go from LA to Chicago? Chances were you did that by train. It was the preferred choice of the traveler–cost effective, comfortable, and enjoyable. In short, the railroads enjoyed a near monopoly on passenger movement for nearly 100 years.
When the automobile began to dominate the landscape, railroads simply ignored the threat. “We are vastly superior, have a lock on many markets, and offer an experience you can’t touch!” Unfortunately, the American consumer disagreed with them…
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I’ve spent the better part of two decades now as a professional computer geek (even longer as a rank amateur) and if there’s one thing I know about by now, it’s failure. Everything from small fuse-popping, whoops-don’t-put-120V-on-an-electrolytic-capacitor failure, to Holy Sh*t! Dad-is-gonna-KILL-us-when-he-finds-out-about-this failure.
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George Santayana · Learning From Failure · Software Industry
