links for 2007-12-18

• Anthropologists and the "Human Terrain System"
  "Well, this debate very much cuts to the core of what the appropriate uses of anthropology are, regarding warfare and regarding large ethical issues about what does it mean to have anthropologists embedded with military forces during a time of war."
  (tags: ethics ResearchMethods)
• The Many Errors in Thinking About Mistakes - New York Times
  "If businesses and people are not making a certain number of mistakes, `they’re playing it too safe.'"
  (tags: decision mistake learning)
• Silicon Valley Oral History Project
  (tags: oralhistory database storytelling Narrative)
• Bletchley Park Veterans Day
  "Funding was secured in 2006 from the BCS 50th Anniversary fund and the UKRC for Women in Science and Technology, and an oral history project is now underway recording the memories of women that worked at Bletchley."
  (tags: oralhistory database storytelling Narrative)
• ABC News: Granny Hackers Make History
  "a sort of Rosie the Riveter meets Bill Gates"
  (tags: women oralhistory)
• Four Methods for Dealing with Interruptions (Agile Advice)
  (tags: Agile management Development)
• Retrospective Safety Exercise: Three Word Starter
  (tags: retrospective facilitation agile learning)