Here is a good example of information density to the extreme! Professor Dr. Peter Mertens, who was the first professor for information systems in Germany in 1968, created 5 printed pages of knowledge every workday for over 37 years.
All he needed was a 900ft2 office and effective time management that uses milliseconds as the smallest unit. Read more in my interview with him about why he believes that trends in science and business are unproductive. (German only)
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Do managers have to ride rabid tigers? Part II
Friday, September 19th, 2008
Do managers have to ride rabid tigers?
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Do time series charts really compare time series?
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Killing the sacred cow of information
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Professor Peter Mertens
is emeritus at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. With his professorial dissertation dating back to 1966 he established Information Systems in the German-speaking countries. His first chair of Information Systems (Lehrstuhl zur betrieblichen Datenverarbeitung) in Linz has been the prototype for about 140 chairs of Information Systems today. His standard book "Integrierte Informationsverarbeitung" has been published in 15 editions.
His achievements have been acclaimed and distinguished in numerous forms. Prof. Mertens is Fellow of the German Gesellschaft für Informatik, honorary member of the Association of University Professors of Management , honorary doctor at five universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, bearer of the ring of honor of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and of the “Ehrennadel” of the 1. FC Nürnberg.
