Idea Surplus Disorder #58
In this week's abbreviated edition: the absence of future data, the presence of current problems, specific knowledge, TOSCA, Delta-4, ugly avatars, LEGO minifigs, AI songs, and more.
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Idea Surplus Disorder #57
In this edition, Filament is hiring, the curse of dumb-sounding ideas, early optimization, complicated strategies, restaurant bureaucracies, adjectives in order, bullet-pointed books, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #56
In this issue: how to meet better, the frequency of miracles, curiosity conflict, powering down, counting down, similar songs, entropy, awe, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #55
In this edition of Idea Surplus Disorder: letting go of sunk costs, eating ugly frogs, making better documents, building better tables, selecting random leaders, chipping eggs, making movies, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #54
In this edition of Idea Surplus Disorder: SuperCollider, the meeting limit, RFPs, advice for founders, why "change management" is a myth, title theater, timeshielding, cats, more (different) cowbell, the singing-impaired, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #53
In this edition of Idea Surplus Disorder: collaborating without consensus, questioning your innovation, business life support, impossible things, hanging out, streaming better, focusing faster, and Kindle-ing free – and read to the end to learn what's up at Filament this week.
Idea Surplus Disorder #52
In this edition of Idea Surplus Disorder: a new Filament offering, disruption, good living, bad reading, cubist paintings, Disney on skis, the history of the book chapter, propaganda posters, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #51
In this edition of Idea Surplus Disorder: strategic choices and operating imperatives, evil PowerPoint, open-mindedness, value propositions, chatty colleagues, time travel, WKRP, View Masters, Rubik's Cubes, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #50
In this edition of Idea Surplus Disorder: walk-and-talks, learning and behavior change, the Traffic Test, the Persuasion Paradox, self-effacing solutions, addiction, haircuts vs. tattoos, Apple's original strategy, long-nosed dogs, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #49
In this edition of Idea Surplus Disorder: the Persuasion Paradox, digit-centered pricing, afternoon caffeine, two great questions, weak ties, why annual planning fails, paper folds, black dots, trees, underwater photos, and more!
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