Bob Sutton has an interesting post called "Ig Nobel Prize Winner: If the Peter Principle Works, Then Organizations Should Randomly Promote People."
The Consumerist writes that TARP Earned Taxpayers an 8.2% Return, but reading the article closely reveals they aren't quite so straightforward in their thinking. They quoted one person who talks about other costs, but I think they missed some second order effects that makes such legislation complicated and dangerous.
Thanks to Chris for send me a link to a website that teaches The Economics of Sienfeld.
Thanks to Charlie for this hilarious little clip that has an interesting take on recent complaints about anonymous speech in the political world.
Thanks to Logan for pointing me to this neat chart about how "60% of Apple's Sales are from Products that Didn't Exist 3 Years Ago." Ahh, the wonders of innovation!
The entertaining Seth Godin has a great idea: A meeting management app that will help eliminate so much waste that it would make sense to buy iPads for the office. (Please note that I really like my iPad and have a bias toward anything that can build a case for using iPads more...)
If you've got a link to share, leave it in the comments or send me an email to ann.zerkle (at) cgkfoundation.org.
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