Jon Collins

Jon Collins

Word weaver, song singer, pattern whisperer, baker and candlestick maker.

Guys in the bar - New Yorkers and analysts

Is always dangerous to do too much of the same thing at once. Such as, for example, reading the current ‘must-read’ book list of The Tipping Point, The Wisdom of Crowds, Freakonomics

Nobody Likes Feedback

Its Monday morning and the start of a new week. First thing to do - check email, have a browse, read some blogs and check Amazon for the chart position of the Rush book

The Bells

Here’s a snippet from Mike Oldfield’s Web site: “Hello you ! It has surely been a time of big changes and realisations these last few months, not least of which has been

What is the music industry, anyway?

What is the music industry, anyway? 05 Nov 2005 The recent, utter faux pas by Sony BMG to hide copy protection software in the computers of unsuspecting individuals raises a number of interesting

Seven Lessons from London

Several quite amusing events occurred on my return from Vancouver, some better, some worse, so I thought I’d share them as cautionary tales. Ignore them at your peril. 1. Never leave your