7:8
Posted on May 29, 2010 | by Markus Stocker
The semester ended with a seminar presentation, one out of ten this academic year. The meanwhile classic introduction-materials-methods-results-discussion-conclusions presentation template today had an additional final slide. It said, 7:8. I asked the class if anyone could guess what it represents, adding the hint that it is not a C:N ratio. After a few seconds, one [...]
When Things Are Not Perfect
Posted on May 12, 2010 | by Markus Stocker
Or simply not as we would like them to be. This is a note to a recent thread on one of the personal blogs I follow. The enthusiasm conveyed in an answer to my two cents to the original post motivated me to write this note. The author writes in Italian. To make it easier [...]
BP. Oil. Consumers.
Posted on May 2, 2010 | by Markus Stocker
This post equals to stating the obvious, really. Yet, I believe some don’t appreciate this basic reality: it is consumers that rule on which products and, thus, corporations are successful, not the other way around. I’m not arguing that corporations never influence our choices. For sure, marketing plays a big role in business and the [...]
