19 May 2002

Long Now discussion on managing digital continuity The Long Now Foundation did an event on managing digital continuity called Time and Bits. Four and a half years on, let's revisit the discussion. 10:21:35 PM     comments

Ten technology disasters Nearly all of which were caused by bad or insufficient design, planning or management and/or by small defects starting a non-linear reaction (a tipping point) leading to larger failures. The AT&T network failure and Northeast electricity blackout are both classic examples - both suffered from failures caused by their own resiliency measures. 3:41:02 AM     comments