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Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense

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Published: 10 March 2003 13:42 GMT

It's 2003 and Peter Cochrane's column for silicon.com is going from strength to strength. Rest assured, we are placing all his writing on this page, reachable by using http://www.silicon.com/petercochrane. We hope you enjoy his column and encourage you to let us know what you think...

The story so far...

58. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The ups and downs of power

Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Where am I coming from?
http://www.silicon.com/a54472

57. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Six degrees and supernodes

56. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Death by a million tracks

55. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Grey goo

54. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Network power

53. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Medical records

52. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Trusting people and self-organisation

51. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: My life bits

50. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Nature and engineering

49. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: DIY v DIFM networks

48. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Wi-Fi on the fly

47. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Not so wonderful spam

46. Peter Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: All-seeing technology

45. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The right technology for the right job

44. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Porn or no porn?

43. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Circuit or packet, clean or dirty?

42. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: You wear it well

41. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Web realities

40. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Short-termism of the worst kind

39. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Intelligent machines

38. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Forget 'think different' - think 'non-linear'...

37. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The cyborgs are here

36. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Conference turnaround

35. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Another management gaffe

34. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Reliability and downtime

33. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The invisible revolution

32. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Salesmanship - or lack thereof

31. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Counterintuitive networks

30. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Insecure thinking

29. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Shopping protocol

28. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: No market savvy

27. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Save everything - but don't be tidy!

26. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Wireless everything
http://www.silicon.com/a57071

25. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The oil crisis of 2003
http://www.silicon.com/a56979

24. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Christmas shopping 2002
http://www.silicon.com/a56921

23. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Science and belief
http://www.silicon.com/a56858

22. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Technology fatigue
http://www.silicon.com/a56761

21. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Crippling the WWW
http://www.silicon.com/a56676

20. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: G force
http://www.silicon.com/a56578

19. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Cochrane's Law
http://www.silicon.com/a56470

18. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Software licensing - time to get angry
http://www.silicon.com/a56373

17. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Summits, models and machines
http://www.silicon.com/a56283

16. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: How many mobile phones do you need?
http://www.silicon.com/a56169

15. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Who goes there?
http://www.silicon.com/a56081

14. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Education that doesn't fit
http://www.silicon.com/a56000

13. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Scales of grey
http://www.silicon.com/a55797

12. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Unconrollable bits
http://www.silicon.com/a55707

11. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Your communications - compromised
http://www.silicon.com/a55601

10. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Chips in everything
http://www.silicon.com/a55393

9. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Stupidity on an industrial scale
http://www.silicon.com/a55338

8. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Screen tests
http://www.silicon.com/a55225

7. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The blue sack
http://www.silicon.com/a55108

6. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Exponential growth - so misunderstood
http://www.silicon.com/a55009

5. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The 3G chasm - deeper than we thought
http://www.silicon.com/a54903

4. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: ButterflyWings.com
http://www.silicon.com/a54772

3. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Being a squirrel
http://www.silicon.com/a54627

2. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Don't make life harder than it already is
http://www.silicon.com/a54473

1. Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: It's our brains that lack bandwidth
http://www.silicon.com/a54343

Be sure to look out for Peter's upcoming book, to be published this year by Capstone. It will be based on these columns - and your feedback to them.

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