Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for July 31st from 23:33 to 00:50:

• » The 14 Deadly Sins of Graphic-Adventure Design (or, Why Ron Gilbert Hated Adventure Games) The Digital Antiquarian –
• The backlash over charity’s awareness campaign made us rethink our work | Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian –
• Lousy Electronic Medical Records Fuel Successful Lawsuits | naked capitalism –
• On Generic Management in Health Care: Hospital Chief Information Officers (CIOs) Say Patient Engagement is All About… Themselves? | naked capitalism – Lambert here: I would be very surprised if an indictment of generic managers very similar to that made by Poses below, for health care, could not be made for…
• I, Cringely The U.S. computer industry is dying and I’ll tell you exactly who is killing it and why – I, Cringely – This is my promised third column in a series about the effect of H-1B visa abuse on U.S. technology workers and ultimately on the U.S. economy. This time I want…
• Cringley on How the Bogus Shareholder Value Theory is Wrecking the Computer Industry (and America Generally) | naked capitalism – Cringley on How the Bogus Shareholder Value Theory is Wrecking the Computer Industry (and America Generally) | naked capitalism
• Once Again on the IT Challenges in Converting to the Drachma | naked capitalism – Once Again on the IT Challenges in Converting to the Drachma | naked capitalism
• Introduction — Hand & Brain — Medium – In 2011 I was starting a new company and thinking about how to make it good. It seemed like a time of change and possibility, and I wanted to know what other…
• Alice Taylor — Hand & Brain — Medium – [Alice had slightly different questions to the other contributors, related to her work at MakieLab.]
  MakieLab’s one thing is about making 3D printed toys from…