August 2009
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Physical vs. Digital Storage: An Infographic →
The folks over at Mozy developed this great infographic for their blog.
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Real TiVo Market Research Questions
A few weeks ago I had taken a survey for TiVo because apparently I have that much to do in my spare time. What follows was copied verbatim from the actual survey. Sometimes you hear people say the phrase “there are no stupid questions,” but I honestly haven’t the slightest idea as to how this would help the folks out at TiVo.
Every so often, we like to find out what kind of a...
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The hardest job interview question ever.
A hundred prisoners are each locked in a room with three pirates, one of whom will walk the plank in the morning. Each prisoner has ten bottles of wine, one of which has been poisoned; and each pirate has twelve coins, one of which is counterfeit and weighs either more or less than a genuine coin. In the room is a single switch, which the prisoner may either leave as it is, or flip. Before being...
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How Outlet Malls Have Convinced Shoppers into... →
Ignore all the politically charged banner ads, this is actually a pretty interesting article on the phenomenon of outlet malls. I think I might actually buy the book now.
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Wikipedia's gigantic list of common misconceptions →
“This list of common or popular misconceptions corrects various fallacious, misleading, or otherwise flawed ideas that are described by multiple reliable sources as widely held.”