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  • Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys.

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March 06, 2005 - March 12, 2005

March 12, 2005
19:10 First-Time CFOs: "A to-do list of tips for neophyte finance chiefs includes learning the company's financials inside-out, pressing the flesh, and, well, losing that to-do list."
March 10, 2005
18:17 Illustration of how Wikipedia works: Nice clip.
March 09, 2005
18:42 Frequently Asked Questions About Microsoft Excel
6:51 How much can your mind keep track of?: "... the number of individual variables we can mentally handle while trying to solve a problem ... is relatively small: Four variables are difficult; five are nearly impossible." Via BoingBoing.
0:09 Connectivity Wars: How the telco incumbents are likely to be trying to fight the Skypes and Vonages of the world out of the loop.
March 08, 2005
23:53 How to destroy the Earth: "Destroying the Earth is harder than you may have been led to believe."
23:24 Why Your Pointy Haired Boss Is A Mathematical Certainty: I love that stat. Hilarious.
23:20 Ideal board meetings
23:03 How to tie a tie
21:16 Close Doesn't Always Count in Winning Games: "But social scientists who have studied group performance under pressure say that often it is decentralized groups (like the Yankees) that prove more resilient than strongly connected ones (like the Red Sox); they are better able to weather outside criticism and internal quarrels."
20:23 The interface is the functional spec: In a previous job, at first, I did not know how true this is.
19:19 Made in USA: Why Americans make some things well and others badly.
18:46 Why price comparison has not become irrelevant
17:28 There.com Economy Design: How to build a virtual economy.
17:02 How Germany Can Drive You Crazy: And that's just one of the ways.
5:58 Tool For Thought
3:33 Working a decision-support checklist
3:05 Advice on working with Microsoft: Or any important client/partner/enabler company.
3:01 9 Keys to Better Marketing and IT Relationships: "I once worked for a company where the CEO paid for any 1x1 lunch between a marketer and developer."
2:34 The Problem with Business Development in Tech Startups