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Wednesday linkfest

Posted on July 8, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Here are this week’s links: Cool gallery of low tech computers – I love this stuff.  The Greek Antikithera,…

Wednesday linkfest

Posted on July 1, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Here’s this week’s links: Great post about how experts cause more failures. Nice comparison between software and other processes,…

Wednesday linkfest

Posted on June 24, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Sorry its been awhile – on the homestretch for the new book, had a vacation, and also a total…

Wednesday linkfest + Confessions

Posted on June 3, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Here are this week’s links: Sporks and more. I have and will always have a love affair with the…

Wednesday linkfest + Confessions

Posted on May 20, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Sketching is thinking. Just about anything you do without judgment likely helps your thinking. And you don’t have to…

Speaking linkfest

Posted on May 14, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Here is this week’s roundup of good links on public speaking: 20 tips for public speaking. More specific that…

Wednesday linkfest

Posted on May 13, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Here are this weeks links: A story of working for the New Yorker. The good news is it’s candid…

Wednesday linkfest (+ Confessions)

Posted on April 29, 2009 in linkfest, Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

Here’s this week’s roundup of good stuff. First some new stuff up on speakerconfessions.com: Should speakers ban or support…

Wednesday Linkfest

Posted on April 22, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Here’s a gaggle of links for this week: Take criticism like Trump. The weird thing about modeling anything on…

Wednesday Linkfest

Posted on April 15, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Here’s this week’s linkfestage: Science fact about twitter (NSFW). This is the kind of diagram I wish was more…

Wednesday Linkfest

Posted on April 8, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Link joy for your browsing pleasure: Almost perfect: the story of WordPerfect. Anyone who used PCs before Windows knows…

Friday Linkfest

Posted on March 27, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Here are these week’s interesting reads: What I learned in four years at amazon. My favorite part is how…

Wednesday Linkfest

Posted on March 18, 2009 in design, humor, Innovation, linkfestby Scott Berkun

Tons of good stuff this week: The evolution of a project manager – Interesting take on the various levels…

Wednesday linkfest

Posted on March 11, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Here’s the good stuff I’ve found recently: How the ideas for Raiders of The lost ark were developed. The…

Thursday Linkfest

Posted on March 5, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

EgoLock. When a executive makes a bad decision and refuses to listen to better ideas until the bitter end.…

Thursday linkfest

Posted on February 19, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Baby boomers vs. Generation Y. Interesting post comparing birthrates of two generations and two nations: The U.S. and the…

Thursday linkfest

Posted on February 12, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Video viewing stats are inflated. There’s evidence few people watch more than a few seconds of video, even though…

Wednesday linkfest

Posted on January 28, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

Review of idea generation / innovation management software. It’s more of a listing than a review, but it’s the…

Thursday linkfest

Posted on January 8, 2009 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

The entire Prisoner TV show available online. One of the most wonderfully strange and creative television shows in history.…

Enjoying the week of quiet (Xmas to New Years)

Posted on December 29, 2008 in linkfestby Scott Berkun

If you’ve taken my advice (See vacation strategy) you should be enjoying a nice short week at work without…

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