The Curious Engineer

Ben Casnocha

2005–2007

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2007 497

December 2007

  1. Ecuadorian Obsession with the Dead
  2. Spanglish
  3. Mindo, Ecuador
  4. Descriptions That Don’t Quite Work
  5. Day 1, Quito, Ecuador
  6. Marketplace Commentary on Gen Y
  7. What We Wish We’d Known in College
  8. What Teachers Can Learn from Prof. Pitney
  9. Parents Ousted From Their Own X-Mas Card
  10. Analysis: H-1B Visa Issue in America
  11. Best Opening Lines to Book Reviews
  12. From Jakarta, Indonesia
  13. Jim Cramer: Invest in Index Funds
  14. Bad Career Advice: “Do What You Love”
  15. Semi-Finalist for Best Biz Book of 2007
  16. Ed Boyden on How to Think
  17. New Kings of Nonfiction
  18. Links from Around the Web
  19. What Does “Mature” Mean?
  20. When In Doubt, Offer a Blow Job
  21. What You Know, What You Don’t Know, What You Think
  22. Heidi’s New Venture: SkinnySongs
  23. Blogging Shows You Have a Skill and Emotional Attachment
  24. The Age of the Microcelebrity
  25. The World According to Americans
  26. An Entrepreneurial Japan?
  27. Quote of the Day – To Obey
  28. Want to Write a Book in 2008?
  29. Profanity Hasn’t Come Very Far
  30. Sunday School for Atheists
  31. Darjeeling Limited and Family Relations In Adulthood
  32. Best Sentence I Read Today

November 2007

  1. Vassar’s Silly Tips for How to Improve Self-Esteem
  2. Best, Best, Best: Books of ’07
  3. Children of Overbearing, High Stress Parents Hit Singles and Doubles
  4. Speakers I’ve Heard This Semester
  5. Sam Zell on “Business Ethics”
  6. Conflicted Identity as Commonality in America
  7. Giant Panda Fact of the Day
  8. Know Where the Dumpsters With Free Food Are
  9. How Driver’s Ed in China is Telling of Larger Philosophy
  10. Which Traits Increase Value Nonstop?
  11. Humor of the Day
  12. Writers / Entrepreneurs Are Always Watching People
  13. Colleges Recruiting Students for Chess
  14. Links Around the Web
  15. How to Improve America’s Image
  16. The Black and White Mistake: Simple Identity Categories
  17. The Role of Speechwriters on Policy
  18. It’s LA. You Don’t Matter. You’re Free.
  19. What I’ve Been Reading
  20. UCLA and First Time at a Frat House
  21. Scariest Paragraph I Read Today
  22. Video Interviews with Me
  23. What $80k More Gets You in Education
  24. Introverted Me
  25. Abstract of the Day: Hot Waitresses
  26. A Portable Gym Which Exercises the Mind
  27. Philip Roth Quote of the Day: Getting People Wrong
  28. Welcome New York Times Readers
  29. Ramit: Part Frat Boy, Part Silicon Valley Geek
  30. People Who Can Bridge the Gap
  31. Hook-Up Culture in College
  32. Every Cold Call Can Be Warm (Cont.)
  33. I Can’t Not Write
  34. College Offers a Gazillion Social Interactions

October 2007

  1. Why Do Beautiful People Have More Daughters?
  2. Emotions in Business: Failure
  3. Disaster Mythology and Californian Identity
  4. A Geographically Rooted Childhood
  5. Book Short: Microtrends by Mark Penn
  6. One Difference Between College and Real World
  7. Topics to Avoid If You Don’t Want to Be a Bore
  8. The Red Sun Above SoCal
  9. The Humorlessness of Idealists
  10. Questionable Quote of the Day
  11. What Do Lucky People Do?
  12. If You Surrender to the Wind, You Can Ride It
  13. Podcast About Optimism, Funny Conservatives, and Eternal Studenthood
  14. Leading with New Eyes
  15. Collective Generational Consciousness – Overstated?
  16. Why Is Your Flight Late? Excellent Article on Air Travel Mess
  17. Enterprise Software’s Youth Drain
  18. How Useful is an Unusually Good Memory in the Real World?
  19. Why Is the University to the Left of the Population?
  20. It’s Takes Effort to Write Effortlessly
  21. Steven Pinker on Why We Curse
  22. The Odyssey Years
  23. Quote of the Day from College
  24. Ease of Starting a Business in Latin America
  25. CEOs Who Study Military History / Strategy
  26. What Does It Mean to be Intellectually Dishonest?
  27. Where I Stand on “The Issues”
  28. What Marketers Can Learn from Seinfeld
  29. Two Quick Stories About Persistence

September 2007

  1. Re-Doing the Map: Major Cities and Everywhere Else
  2. Quote of the Day: Steinbeck
  3. The “Do You Blog?” Litmus Test
  4. Robert Day Donates $200 M to Claremont McKenna
  5. Book Review: Who Are We? by Sam Huntington
  6. The World in Seven Pictures
  7. Quote of the Day from the Bible
  8. Hispanic Culture in the U.S.
  9. Inverse Correlation: Certainty and Existential Importance
  10. The Importance of Admitting a Big Mistake
  11. Best Tech Entrepreneurs Under 40
  12. Exposing Yourself to Really Impressive People
  13. How to Build Loyalty to Suggestions, Ideas, and Offerings
  14. Be Your Very Best. Be All You Can Be.
  15. What Others Think is Important vs. What You Think is Important
  16. What I’m Reading
  17. How to Improve the World: Pay Americans to Travel
  18. David Foster Wallace’s Introduction to Essay Anthology
  19. Fun Fact of the Day: Sonic Bullets
  20. Weather and Quality of Life
  21. Book Review: Only as Good as Your Word
  22. Quote of the Day About the Interior Life
  23. Sex Ed in College
  24. Fighting Bad Information With Good
  25. Ward Elliot’s Laws About Life
  26. 10,000 Hours of Deliberate Practice

August 2007

  1. Disclosing Bias Doesn’t Cancel Its Effects
  2. Thinking like an Entrepreneur in College
  3. What Was Your Most Frequent Mistake?
  4. How Not to Lose vs. How to Win
  5. When You Can’t Understand Someone
  6. Inspirational Music and Movies
  7. Great Leaders Talk to Dead People
  8. Religion Quotes of the Day
  9. Absent Fathers, Supportive Mothers
  10. The Giving and Receiving of Advice
  11. Book Notes: Discover Your Inner Economist
  12. The Atlantic: Speechwriting, Rove, Quirkiness
  13. Menial Summer Jobs and Affluence
  14. Hindsight Bias Devalues Science
  15. Stupid Investors, Rejoice!
  16. Driver: No Seatbelt. Passenger: Seatbelt
  17. Questions About Being a Foodie
  18. The Twentysomething Lifehacker
  19. St. Petersburg
  20. The State of Emerging Markets: Eastern Europe
  21. Claremont McKenna on the Today Show
  22. Moscow and the Kremlin
  23. Two Fellow Cancer Survivors Meet – The Art of the Personal Essay
  24. Quotes of the Day
  25. Sports Diplomacy and Understanding Athletic Culture
  26. Age, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Precocity
  27. Kiev
  28. What the Russians and Chinese Have in Common
  29. Airline Safety
  30. Book Short: Recruit or Die
  31. Ukraine Photo of the Day
  32. Trying to Immerse Yourself in Ukrainian Culture….
  33. Recap: Odessa, Ukraine
  34. Quotes of the Day from the News
  35. Should Everyone Go Through Therapy?
  36. What Ukrainian Women Wear (or Don’t)
  37. The Beach in Odessa

July 2007

  1. Breakfasts in Germany / Austria / Switzerland
  2. Germany: “Goodbye”
  3. Friendships in the Cyber Age
  4. Off to Russia and Welcome New Readers
  5. A New Low for Political Correctness On Campus
  6. Questions to Ask Yourself As You Start a Business
  7. The Vastly Larger Networks of Today’s Grads
  8. Face of the Day
  9. Book Excerpt: Doers vs. Talkers
  10. Summer Movie Roundup
  11. Intellectual Autobiographies – Tracing Someone’s Belief System
  12. Ah, San Francisco
  13. Rich People Read. Books.
  14. The Work of Yi-Fu Tuan
  15. A Collection of Half-Baked, Random Ideas
  16. Should I Study Spanish or Japanese?
  17. How a Religion Reporter Lost His Faith
  18. Do Only Negative Emotions Count for Depth?
  19. Advice for the College Bound
  20. Friendship is to People as Sunshine is to Flowers
  21. Claremont Fifth Best Place to Live
  22. Sometimes It’s Easy to Do Something Remarkable
  23. Funniest Paragraph I Read Today
  24. Your Last Three Minutes: What Would You Say?
  25. Risk and Entrepreneurship
  26. Book Review: Old School by Tobias Wolff
  27. Quote of the Day – Vulnerability
  28. What’s With All the Sluts Nowadays?
  29. Three Things to Unlearn from School
  30. Here’s to a Surname High in the Alphabet
  31. Web Pages Immortal, Lives Not
  32. How to Cope When You’re Stressed
  33. Amazon Price Drops to $16.47
  34. The Absurd World of Book Blurbs
  35. Google Buys Postini – Congrats!
  36. Impressions of Mexico
  37. Privileged Post-College Grads: Selling Out to Stay Afloat?
  38. Quotes of the Day
  39. DFW: What You Learn at a Substance Recovery Facility
  40. Book Review: Ender’s Game
  41. Nike Commercials on YouTube
  42. July 4th: Running, Burgers, Ping-Pong, Fireworks
  43. The Bold, New Journey of College
  44. We See Ourselves Reflected In Our Friends
  45. Formal Book Review: Urban Tribes by Ethan Watters
  46. What Parents Need to Teach That Kids Aren’t Learning in School
  47. Best Use of Book-Title Dropping

June 2007

  1. Jared Polis for Congress
  2. Word Inflation: Good. Greater. Greatest. Totally great.
  3. There is No Standard for Hand-Drying in Public Bathrooms
  4. The Most Powerful Man in Sports
  5. American Class Divisions Through MySpace and Facebook
  6. 14 Ways to Cultivate a Lifetime Reading Habit
  7. Going to Mexico, Ukraine, Russia
  8. Entering Infinite Jest
  9. Business Wisdom from Charles Koch
  10. Humor of the Day from Elaine
  11. “I Would Be Happy To…” and “Entrepreneurism”
  12. Logistics Technology Behind FedEx and UPS
  13. Seth Godin on Squidoo and Viral
  14. Innocence Versus Insight
  15. Book Short: Reading Like a Writer
  16. Al Gore at Work
  17. How to Be a Better Writer
  18. Book Review: Miracle in the Andes
  19. Welcome New Readers of This Blog
  20. New York Times Book Review
  21. Neuroscience is Fascinating, But Beware
  22. Snoop Dogg On How He’s Different From Don Imus
  23. Speaking Monday on Mentors and Advisors at SD Forum
  24. Does Size Matter in Business?
  25. How to Recognize Type A’s
  26. The Loose Reins on U.S. Teenagers Can Produce Trouble or Entrepreneurs
  27. Charlie Munger’s Speech at USC Law School
  28. NCWIT Heroes: Outstanding Women in IT
  29. The Sole Survivor – Navy SEAL Story
  30. Quotes of the Day
  31. Online Chat with Me Tuesday 11:30 AM PT
  32. When a Book Changes Your Life, It Says More About You Than the Book
  33. Immediate, Incautious Intimacy: A Trait of the Privileged?
  34. Looking for a Graduation Gift?
  35. How to Be Happy: Wear Running Shoes
  36. The 80 Percent Rule
  37. Altruism Via Laziness
  38. Who Said Publishing Is Dead?
  39. Book Short: Founders at Work
  40. TechStars Gets Going in Colorado
  41. American vs. European Higher Ed: Inputs Leading to Opposite Outputs
  42. Variant Perceptions and Betting Against the Consensus
  43. Links from Around the Web and Book News
  44. Interesting Sentence of the Day

May 2007

  1. The Best Sentence I Read Today: Jobs on iTunes
  2. Book Review: Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk
  3. Interview with Marty Nemko
  4. Using Analogies: A Thinking Skill
  5. The Best Haiku With “Start-Up”
  6. Heuristics and Biases: An Excellent Introduction
  7. A Guide to Psychology Blogs
  8. How To Persuade Americans, Germans, Spaniards, and Chinese
  9. How to Start a Business If You Know Nothing About Business
  10. Quote of the Day – Americans and Their Burgers
  11. How and Why We Create Life Stories
  12. #1 Mover and Shaker on Amazon.com
  13. It’s OK to Be Ambivalent
  14. The Best Sentence I Read Today
  15. Expose Yourself to Bulk, Positive Randomness
  16. Two Podcasts with Me on Entrepreneurship and the Book
  17. Book Excerpt: Projecting Your Personal Brand
  18. I’m Twittering
  19. Grassroots Protest for Free Wi-fi
  20. Book Review: Why Do I Love These People?
  21. Holmes’s Vision of Intellectual Heroism
  22. Book Excerpt: Confronting Failure (and Trying to Check Email While Driving)
  23. The Best Sentence I Read Today
  24. Book Review: The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
  25. Formal Book Review: The Four Hour Workweek
  26. Book Excerpt: The Ups and Downs of Self-Teaching Business
  27. Just Another Day in Taiwan’s Parliament
  28. The Costs and Benefits of Going to College – Is It Worth It?
  29. Would You Rather Be Fat or Blind?
  30. Disconnecting For a Day
  31. What I’ve Been Reading
  32. A Burning Itch to Know is Higher Than a Solemn Vow to Pursue Truth
  33. Speech at Generation Tech
  34. Quotes of the Day
  35. A Blog Reader’s Desire for More Emotion
  36. Once Upon a Business…The Role of Storytelling in Leadership, Management, and Entrepreneurship
  37. Supporting the Economies of Comcate Clients
  38. 5,000 Miles Later: Back Home
  39. Arnold on Immigration

April 2007

  1. Jimmy V: Life is About Laughter, Thought, and Crying
  2. Are You an Ambitious Person Who Isn’t Big on Goals?
  3. An Obsession with the Amazon Number
  4. Upping Your Cultural Institutions Per Capita
  5. Wisconsin Cheese
  6. Is Ram Charan Happy?
  7. New Orleans Two Years Later
  8. The Importance of Weak Ties
  9. National Constitution Center in Philly
  10. Simile of the Day
  11. First Thing a New Orleans Local Tells Me Upon Arriving
  12. Has a Remote Amazonian Tribe Upended Our Understanding of Language?
  13. Quote of the Day
  14. The Value of Soft Assets
  15. What is the American Dream?
  16. Quote of the Day
  17. Physical Exhaustion
  18. The “Rich Get Richer” Effect
  19. Delays at Airport Bring People Together
  20. Marissa Mayer’s Laugh in King of Prussia, PA
  21. Research Triangle Park
  22. The Inverse Correlation Between Thinking and Participating
  23. The Ethical Implications of Science
  24. Welcome to Raleigh, N.C.
  25. Uniquely Texas
  26. The Right Hand Man in a $20 B Corporation
  27. Quotes and Links of the Day
  28. Strong Mind / Strong Body: Fitness on the Road
  29. My Basic Beliefs When It Comes to Religion
  30. The Snarkiness Quotient in Book Review Sections
  31. BBQ Texas Style
  32. Stay on the Q&A Offensive
  33. Gravy and Biscuits in the Breakfast Buffett in Ozona, TX
  34. Wal-Mart Teaches Employees Self-Help
  35. A Central Tension in Any Entrepreneurial Venture: Marrying Your Business But Also Keeping a Safe Distance
  36. The Role of Feelings and Emotion in Decision Making
  37. The Unclosed Circles in Life – Joan Didion Anthology
  38. Quick Video from the Car – Leaving Monticello, UT
  39. Overheard Around the Web
  40. Time Zone Madness
  41. Mexican Food Overload
  42. Book Review: The Devil Wears Prada
  43. “My Start-Up Life” Website Launches
  44. El Paso, TX = Mexico
  45. Don’t Mess With Texas
  46. Ernst & Young Motivational Video
  47. “Teenager” as Modern Social Construct, and Marketing to Teens
  48. Nomenclature of Different Regions
  49. First IMAX Experience
  50. Japanese Tourists – Always Comforting
  51. The Grand Canyon
  52. Book Review: San Francisco is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires

March 2007

  1. For Whom Do Colleges Exist?
  2. The Biggest Secret Knowledge in Business
  3. Quotes of the Day from Around the Web
  4. Gavin Newsom Fo’ Shizzle My Nizzle
  5. Bush Humor Monologue at Radio and TV Correspondent’s Dinner
  6. Road Trip USA: Seeing America from the Car
  7. Design Puzzles – Why Do Outdoor Coffee Tables Have Four Legs?
  8. Tips of the Trade for Various Occupations
  9. Upgrading My IT Infrastructure
  10. Your Favorite Quote from a Recent Book
  11. Book Review: John Adams by David McCullough
  12. The Alpha Male Restores Order in the Pack with a Show of Aggression
  13. Our Education System: A Big Waste of Time and Money?
  14. To See What’s in Front of One’s Own Nose Needs a Constant Struggle – Or Does It?
  15. Steve Ballmer Video on Google and the Four Stages of a Business
  16. Would You Rather Be Rich or Influential?
  17. Quote of the Day on the Future of Books
  18. Book Review: The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
  19. The Optimal Mix of Experience and Cognitive Ability
  20. Book Review: Chasing Daylight
  21. Video and Print Interview with Me on TechStars
  22. Love, Not Just Tolerate, Thy Neighbor and Other Assorted Links
  23. Holding and Firing a Gun for the First Time
  24. Dead Passenger Upgraded to First Class
  25. The Expected Value of Being a Fox vs. Hedgehog
  26. Trained Artists vs. Trained Psychologists Looking at a Picture
  27. Overload, Shmoverload: Adapting to the Always-On World
  28. April USA Road Trip
  29. How to Write an Op/Ed (or Argue)
  30. Quote of the Day and Assorted Links
  31. How I Think About Books
  32. The Role of Evangelist For Web 2.0 Companies
  33. Sam Harris vs. Andrew Sullivan on Religion
  34. Private Spaces to Public Spaces: Coffeehouse > Garage
  35. Hiring Philosophies: No False Positives vs. Hire Fast, Fire Fast
  36. The Decreasing Influence of Mass Culture on Teens (and Everybody)
  37. The Magic of Capturing Universal Moments
  38. Quotes of the Day
  39. The Life Changing Mentor at Holy Cross
  40. The Globalization of Knowledge and Free Agent Public Intellectuals
  41. The Myth of One Giant Eureka Moment
  42. Bob Wright vs. Micky Kraus on Ann Coulter
  43. Quotes of the Day
  44. Snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain Park
  45. James Stewart on HP Leak Scandal
  46. Slinkily Dressed Women = Empowerment
  47. White Board at NBC Baghdad Bureau
  48. The Oprah Culture: Self-Love Before Self-Knowledge
  49. Five Things Wrong With Universities Today
  50. Business Rules of Thumb Wiki
  51. Can Companies Accelerate the Adoption Curve?
  52. Book Review: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
  53. To Be Liked and Seen as Smart, Flatter Others
  54. Movie Review: Last King of Scotland
  55. A Teenager’s Struggle with Alcohol
  56. Forbes Special Report on Achievement
  57. Not All Links Are Created Equal
  58. Conceptual Breakthroughs The Domain of the Young
  59. Small College, Big Speakers

February 2007

  1. Losers Say They’ll Do Their Best. Winners Go Home and…
  2. Herzberg: True Motivators vs. Hygiene Factors
  3. Changing Your Mind in the Executive Suite
  4. Leaving Your Own Brand of Breadcrumbs in the Forest
  5. To Sharpen a Vague Phrase, To Make Pithier an Old Maxim
  6. Book Short: 1776 by David McCullough
  7. Earthquake Zone vs. Hurricane Zone – The Anxiety of Certainty
  8. When You Look Into the Abyss, What Do You See?
  9. Book Review: One Person / Multiple Careers
  10. Two Kinds of Blogs: Focused and Personality-Driven
  11. Quote of the Day About Youth and Privacy
  12. Flying in a Small Aircraft Over Colorado
  13. Pre-Board Meeting One-on-Ones
  14. Can You Imagine if You Needed an MBA to Be in Business?
  15. Education Solves Everything? Err, Not So Fast
  16. Will Our School System Survive Transition to the Creative Age?
  17. Why Do You "Intellectually Respect" Someone?
  18. 30 Minute Podcast Interview With Me
  19. Personal Brand Lessons from Mohammad Ali
  20. The American West as Idea, Not Fact
  21. Why Specialists Are Grumpy and Generalists Are Happy
  22. Small Town, USA: Limon, CO
  23. College Theme Party: South of the Border
  24. The Saddest Paragraphs I Read Today
  25. What Does Society Overcomplicate?
  26. The Male Locker Room
  27. When Your Passion Becomes Your Livelihood and Other Ideas from Tim Ferriss
  28. By Locating Your Start-Up in Silicon Valley, Are You More Likely to Succeed?
  29. The Quintessential Hero of the Forbes Profile
  30. Declare Yourself An Expert, Then Work Backwards
  31. Want Me to Speak At Your Org or School?
  32. Is There Such a Thing as an Unaccomplished Genius?
  33. On the Ground in Shanghai — A New Blog on Business and Life
  34. What Makes Up Your Identity?
  35. Quote of the Day: A Single Identity a Liability?
  36. Blogging and an Intellectual Bottom Line
  37. Questions for Michael Vick – Really?
  38. Quick Happiness Hacks
  39. Men vs. Women Entrepreneurs and Their Social Networks
  40. Religiously Motivated Must Translate Their Concerns into Universal Values
  41. You Know You're in the Valley When…
  42. Total Technical Meltdown
  43. How to Add Value to Someone Smarter Than You
  44. Do You BlackBerry In Board Meetings?
  45. A Day With the U.S. Air Force
  46. When to Think Hard, When to Outsource
  47. Going for the Jugular in Ping Pong
  48. How Do You Find Good Ideas?
  49. Embracing Randomness in Your Product — Or Your Life
  50. 101 Dumbest Moments in Business
  51. Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
  52. Asking Questions in the Negative — What Do You Regret? How Did You Fail?

January 2007

  1. M.B.A. Recruiters' No. 1 Pet Peeve: Poor Writing and Speaking Skills
  2. Breakthrough Ideas for 2007
  3. An Epic Ping Pong Match – The World's Largest Participation Sport
  4. You Can Only Measure 3% of What Matters
  5. Book Short: Anonymous Lawyer
  6. My Personal Finance Infrastructure
  7. Spice Up Your Routine in the Gym
  8. The Science of Greatness, Talent, and Giftedness
  9. The Marketing Secrets of Marc Benioff
  10. Revenge of the Liberal Arts Graduates?
  11. Feminists, Physical Attractiveness, and the Success of Social Movements
  12. Quote of the Day – Passion and Rational Conviction
  13. Can a Best Friend Be a Composite?
  14. The Babe Theory of Political Movements
  15. Measuring for Degree of Certainty
  16. Email is Not a Collaboration Medium
  17. Ping Pong Table as Conference Table
  18. A California Softie Meets Boulder
  19. Book Review: The Cure
  20. The Perfect Blend of Optimism and Pessimism
  21. The Emergence of Kids as Kings
  22. When Can You Generalize From a Specific Experience? Do We Discount Unusual Events Often Enough?
  23. Book Review: Soros on Soros – And the Role of a Worldview
  24. The Hero's Trail and the Journey of Life
  25. In the Particular is Contained the Universal
  26. Book Review: Emotional Intelligence
  27. Even If You're a Successful Asshole, You're Still an Asshole
  28. Continuous Improvement vs. Quantum Leaps
  29. Quote of the Day – To Affect the Quality of the Day
  30. I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
  31. TechStars Colorado: Summer Start-Up Camp
  32. Book Review: The Immortal Game
  33. Lack of Confidence, Not Perfectionism, Dooms Procrastinators
  34. Cross-Train Your Brain: The Benefit of Being a Mile Wide
  35. Being Mean is So Last Millennium
  36. How Does Nudeness Affect Human Behavior?
  37. The Effect of Our Obsession With the Lifestyle of the Megawealthy
  38. Book Review: Saturday by Ian McEwan
  39. 18 Hour Drive to Boulder and Learning about Snow
  40. New Life Philosophy: Iterative Approach to Living
  41. New Venture Capital Blog – AsktheVC
  42. A 200 Page Journal With Life Advice from Killed American Solider
  43. The Best Books I Read in 2006
  44. The Call of Solitude
  45. A Four-Week Quest to Be Smarter
  46. Are Perpetual Charitable Institutions Irresponsible?

2006 609

December 2006

  1. Book Review: Bonfire of the Vanities
  2. I'm Moving to Boulder, CO for Q1 2007
  3. How Do You Fall Upwards?
  4. My Lecture Will Contain One Lie
  5. Quote of the Day – Anyone Can Be Angry
  6. Introduction to Social Network Methods
  7. Common Goals Bring Together Uncommon People
  8. Book Review: Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis
  9. Movie Short: Little Miss Sunshine
  10. How Do You Develop Self-Confidence?
  11. The New Cosmopolitan Class
  12. Happiness: Good for Creativity, Bad for Single-Minded Focus
  13. The Keys to Great Conversations
  14. The Cocktail Party Effect on the Web
  15. The Power of a Persona (True or Not)
  16. Luck, Money, and Happiness
  17. Is Business Intellectually Stimulating? If Not, Does Overwhelming Focus Preclude Non-Business Exploration?
  18. Who Cares About Money or Status. It's About Making a Mark.
  19. Is Love the Killer App? Do Nice Guys Win?
  20. Is There Someone In Your Life Who Tells You Your Zipper Is Down?
  21. Prediction Markets – Tapping the Wisdom of Crowds
  22. The Cultural Intricacies Underneath Western Materialism
  23. The Happiness Project – A Great Blog
  24. Unleashing the Inner Geek – Apps I've Been Playing Around With
  25. Are You a Human Theme Park?
  26. The Ideas of 2006
  27. Where Entrepreneurship Goes to Die
  28. Quote of the Day About TV
  29. Time to Give — It's the Holidays
  30. Short Workouts During Busy Times
  31. What Makes a "Great Guy"?
  32. Reflections on International Travel
  33. The Joys of Wandering Through Life Where Opportunity Tugs — Without a Map
  34. Social Relationships Built From One of Four Kinds of Interactions
  35. L.A. Diversity May Decrease Trust, But Optimism Reigns
  36. A Grab Bag of Intellectual Goodies
  37. Movie Review: Rushmore (Or How to Dominate High School While Pulling C's)
  38. Is Original Thinking Orthogonal to Cognitive Speed?
  39. Finished the Manuscript — Reflections on the Writing Process
  40. Flawed but Likable Characters

November 2006

  1. Superb Article on the State of Youth Education in America
  2. Common Knowledge + Uncommon Experiences = Success
  3. I'll Endure Pain While Traveling, En Route to Pleasure
  4. The Emotional Messages of Email Closings
  5. Life Entrepreneurs Are Always Trying to Help Other People Out
  6. East Coast Kids Tuck In Their Shirt
  7. Four Stages of the Creative Process
  8. Book Review: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
  9. Book Review: Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
  10. A Strong Mind Starts with a Strong Body: A Series
  11. Quotes – Renaissance Men and Occupational Diversification
  12. Impossible Loads on the Rickshaws – Pictures
  13. Happy People Stay Happy In New Situations
  14. How Economics Is Understood
  15. Book Review: How "American" Is Globalization?
  16. Ashoka Fellows 2006 Change World Through Social Entrepreneurship
  17. Getting the Lowest "A" Possible
  18. How Non-Native English Speakers Respond to "Thank You"
  19. Quote of the Day About Being Back in San Francisco
  20. I'm Ben Casnocha…And This, Is the Longest Day of My Life
  21. How Chinese People Choose Their English Name
  22. Quote of the Day About Age
  23. Crushing Your Competitors — And Staying Ethically Pure
  24. San Francisco Values Infiltrate Congress
  25. British Influence in Hong Kong
  26. Hong Kong Rocks!
  27. What Does it Mean to "Go Shopping" When Traveling?
  28. Supporting the San Francisco / California Brand Abroad
  29. No, I Didn't Wander the Streets of Calcutta. I Survived. That's All.
  30. India's Airport Security Inspires Comfort
  31. Images I Won't Forget in India
  32. The Pressure on Indian Children
  33. Wanting to Hide Under My Bed – Delhi Day 1
  34. You Never Know Who You're Touching
  35. The Stability / Stimulation Tradeoff
  36. P.J. O'Rourke on India – Hilarious Observations
  37. WTF is a "Smart Restuarant"?
  38. Does the "Flow" Distorted Time Criterion Work in Large Time Chunks, Too?
  39. Maintaining an Intrapersonal Culture of Improvement
  40. What I Learned About China: On the Ground Impressions and Lessons
  41. Experiencing Bollywood Up Close
  42. Days 30+: Bombay, India
  43. India's Democracy Prevents It from Doing What China Can
  44. When the Head Rocks Back and Forth
  45. You're So Good at Chopsticks!
  46. Be American Goddamnit!
  47. A Few Hours in Bangkok
  48. The Psychological Beating of the Third World
  49. Laying Low in Kunming

October 2006

  1. Web Designers, Video Ring Tones, Vancouver and New Delhi
  2. Asking for Water in China
  3. Talking With, At, or To Someone – Arrogance in Conversation
  4. Ten Things To Keep In Mind When Making a Difference
  5. BusinessWeek Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25
  6. To Think Good Thoughts Requires Effort
  7. All I Want to do Is Play Ping Pong
  8. When You Learn a New Word, You See it Everywhere
  9. Welcome to Real China
  10. Live Chickens in Shanghai
  11. Is It Dead or Is It Dinner?
  12. Bye Bye Shanghai
  13. Economics-Speak: Should Polygamy Be Legal?
  14. KFC and Pizza Hut as Premium Brands – And Glories of McDonald's
  15. Quotes from "Man's Search for Meaning"
  16. Overstaffed China
  17. Step 1: Respect It. Step 2: Demolish It (If Necessary)
  18. Switching Languages Mid Sentence
  19. Family Style Eating – Pros and Cons
  20. Life Entrepreneurs In the Music Studio or On the Baseball Field
  21. Suzhou, China, and Life of an Expat
  22. The Sights of Shanghai (pictures)
  23. Seeing Poverty
  24. CMC Students Start "Fantasy Congress"
  25. Day 21: Another Day, Another City, Another Blog Reader, Another Penthouse Apartment
  26. Youthful Freedom from Status Worries and Societal Expectations
  27. I Only Crap at Four Star Rated Toilets
  28. American Chinese Food vs. Chinese Food and Globalization of Cuisine
  29. The Beijing Duck
  30. The Morality of 5-Star Visits in the Developing World
  31. A Slight Change to my Itinerary – Delhi instead of Bangalore?
  32. A Night at the Beijing Acrobatic Show
  33. Framing Decisions Based on Cost of Failure
  34. Welcome to Beijing!
  35. SF Gifts Made in China
  36. The Battle for Armrests on the Plane
  37. A Husky American Voice with Safety Intructions
  38. On Being a Spectacle in Dalian
  39. In Praise of the No Names
  40. Why Old People Are More Pessimistic
  41. On the Human Heart and Writing
  42. The Worst Six Hours of Travel Yet
  43. Day 11: Hiroshima, Japan
  44. Exploring the Japanese Alps — Takayama — Pictures Galore!
  45. Make Your Network Interconnected
  46. Holding a Formerly Private Conversation in Public
  47. Taking the Best of East and West for a School
  48. Bye Bye Kyoto!
  49. Try to Pronounce This Street In Kyoto
  50. Epidemic Flares in India
  51. Friends of Ben: Maria Pacana
  52. The Adorable Japanese Schoolchildren
  53. Most Interesting Moment in Kyoto Today
  54. How to Dominate a Buffett Line: Use Your Fingers
  55. On Being in the Center of Action
  56. Book Review: Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
  57. Food of Japan
  58. Does Everyone Know How You Process Information?
  59. Experiencing a Japanese Hot Bath
  60. A Night at a Japanese Baseball Game
  61. How Do You Interact With People More Successful Than You?
  62. Book Review: Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel
  63. The Japanese Aesthetic
  64. Hello Tokyo! Pictures and More
  65. On Being Taller Than Everyone Else
  66. Building a Latticework of Experiences and Seeing the Connections
  67. Arriving in Japan and First Impressions
  68. Book Review: River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
  69. Back in the Saddle – Asia for Six Weeks
  70. Why Japan, China, and India?
  71. I Have Signed a Book Contract!

September 2006

  1. How Pure is Your Model?
  2. The Emergence of Boutique American Cities
  3. My College Admissions Decision: Claremont McKenna College
  4. Book Review: The Starfish and the Spider
  5. Tyler Cowen on My College Process
  6. College Admissions Decision: Part V: Decision Time
  7. Paris or Rome?
  8. Quote of the Day
  9. College Admissions Decision Part IV: Visiting Colleges and Writing My Application
  10. College Admissions Decision Part III: Assessing My File
  11. If You Ask Me What I've Come to Do in This World, I Will Reply: I'm Here to Live My Life Out Loud
  12. Conflict Here, Conflict There, Conflict Everywhere
  13. College Admissions Decision: Part II: Does College Make Sense for Me?
  14. College Admissions Decision: Part 1 of 6
  15. What Should My Book Be Titled?
  16. If People Like You, They'll Follow You
  17. 10 Ways to Hit on Girls in a Co-Ed Bathroom
  18. David Brooks In-Person in San Francisco
  19. What Is the Knowledge Most Worth Knowing?
  20. A Philosophy of Life Driven By Death
  21. Me in Boston Globe: Entrepreneurship Can Make the World a Better Place
  22. The Latest from Washington D.C.
  23. An Investment Bank Only Looking for Jocks
  24. Talking About the Weather – A Good Life Hack
  25. Movie Reviews: Office Space, Wordplay, This Boy's Life, and More
  26. You Know You Live in San Francisco When…
  27. My 9/11 Story
  28. Frugality Creep and Cutting the Right Corners
  29. Friend of Ben: Bernadette Balla
  30. Parents as Pals
  31. Quote of the Day – Why Some Ideas Become Magic Spells
  32. Do You Believe Tomorrow Has the Potential to Be Better Than Today?
  33. Ken Robinson on Reforming Education to Nurture Creativity
  34. Original Insults Clearly the Work of a Demented Genius
  35. The Importance of Capturing Fringe-Thoughts
  36. Should an Aspiring Entrepreneur Work for a Big Company After College, or Join a Start-up?
  37. What If Restaurants Had Customer-Determined Pricing?
  38. Quote of the Day by Andrei Sakharov
  39. When Politicians Leave Their Talking Points, It Gets Ugly
  40. The Endless Comparison: China vs. India
  41. A Blog Chronicling the Fight to Survive Ovarian Cancer
  42. Thought "I Am Charlotte Simmons" Wasn't Real? Read This Post

August 2006

  1. Will 9/11 Be the Defining Moment of My Generation?
  2. John Steinbeck on Americanism
  3. Book Review: In An Uncertain World
  4. My Networking – Theory and Practice
  5. Global Economic Integration: What's New and What's Not?
  6. What Separates a Talker and a Doer?
  7. Missing Your Best Friend
  8. Streateases at Funerals Banned in China
  9. Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes
  10. Summer Reading Roundup — Business, Novels, Tech, Politics, and Happiness
  11. The Art of the Interview – How to Ask Good Questions
  12. Life at the Border is Most Interesting Because Contrasts Are Illuminated
  13. Funny Business: Using Humor to Thrive in the Professional World
  14. Each Day, Go Through a Recruiting Motion
  15. Those Profound Words of Advice People Get From Mentors
  16. If the Pilgrims Had Landed in California, The East Coast Would Be Wilderness Still
  17. Looking for Contacts and Resources in Japan, China, and India
  18. Is a Killer Instinct Necessary in Business and in Life?
  19. The Big Drivers of the Next 10 Years
  20. Big Picture Observations, Random Notes, and Travel Tips on Two Months in Europe
  21. Podcast Interview With Me On Entrepreneurship
  22. Formal Book Review: I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
  23. Washington Monthly Releases College Rankings With Different Criteria
  24. There's Never Been a Better Time to Be Alive
  25. The Mighty Micro-Multinational
  26. Foreigners Want to Speak English To You
  27. Some Cities Are Nice to Visit, Some Are Nice to Live In, Sometimes They're the Same
  28. Day 58: Calgary, Canada
  29. Quote of the Day
  30. Hating Your Country While Abroad and Then Returning
  31. The Toughest, Most Embarrassing Moment in Pursuing My Dream
  32. Sexuality Categories and Pornified Culture
  33. Wrapping Up My Trip With Broke College Students
  34. Feeling More American AND More Cosmopolitan
  35. Starbucks in London Charges More for "Here" Than "To Go"
  36. The Intellectual Fad of Cultural Relativism
  37. Comparing U.S. and French Culture: Observations from the Ground

July 2006

  1. My Second to Last Stop: First Four Nights in London
  2. 16 Year-Old Iranian Girl Hanged for Sexual Immortality
  3. London Party to Celebrate the End of My Travels
  4. Japan's $2.5 Million Travel Theme Parks
  5. The Blaring London Headlines
  6. The Insane World of Greetings: Handshakes, Hugs, and Kisses
  7. Personal Blogs Are So Upbeat – When You're Gonna Blog Something, You Want it to Be Positive
  8. The City of Lights — Paris, France
  9. Palais de Tokyo in Paris
  10. How Mafia Children Learn to Distrust Everyone
  11. VCs and Marketing Firms Courting Young People — And the Myth of More Customer Feedback is Better
  12. Day 47: Versailles, France
  13. Tour de France from the Sidelines
  14. Bonjour – Loire Valley, France
  15. The Moroccan Immigrants Hawking Fake Gucci
  16. Who Knows What Could Happen If You Raise Your Hand?
  17. The Perceptions Of America From a "Populist" in the Pub and an "Elite" In a Restaurant
  18. Pickpocketing, AIDS, Marijuana, and Condoms – A Conversation in Lisbon
  19. Conversation of the Day in Portugal
  20. Quotes of the Day About Money and Water
  21. Welcome to the Friendliest Country I've Been To; Two Days in Lisbon
  22. An Act of Extraordinary Generosity
  23. The Reina Sofia Museum in Spain, Retiro Park, and Toledo
  24. Quote of the Day About Living to Work and Optimism
  25. Beggars in Europe
  26. The New World Order: Cosmopolitan Liberals and Local Non-Liberals
  27. El Prado Museum and Spanish Bullfight
  28. Being Mistaken as German
  29. Welcome to the Spanish Capital of Madrid
  30. At The Risk of Turning This Into a Porn Site…
  31. Final Two Days in Barcelona
  32. Does the Simple Nature of Americanism Allow It to Integrate Better?
  33. Caught Redhanded With the Tribune
  34. Trying to Find Large Portions of Anything
  35. Night Train to Barcelona and Exploring the City
  36. Girl-on-Girl Hookups and Sexuality Categories
  37. Is Our Society Becoming More Narcissistic and Is That a Bad Thing?
  38. Email of the Day: Signaling Can Explain Many Human Behaviors
  39. One Picture is in Berlin. The Other in San Sebastian. Can You Tell Which is Which?
  40. Days 29 and 30: San Sebastian, Spain
  41. Cultural Authenticity: Don't Eat at the Spanish Restaurants in Spain
  42. Little Things Every Day for Happiness (and a Question About Ice Cream)
  43. The Joy of Aphorisms and Why Type A's Love Chinese Proverbs
  44. Call CTU San Sebastian NOW
  45. Quote of the Day on the Democratic Man
  46. Umbrella Repairman Losing Business; Blames Globalization
  47. Half the People Here Can't See, the Other Half Can't Hear, the Rest Can't Think
  48. How the Italians Resolve Awkward Endings to Phone Conversations
  49. Will The Start-Up World Be Ruled By Techies or Business People?
  50. Aspen Ideas Festival Blog
  51. Simple Ways To Think About Your "Image"
  52. Cultural Pessimism Remains Flip
  53. A Dinner With Libertarians in Rome and 9/11 Skepticism
  54. Final Two Days in Rome
  55. Do You Have Deal Breakers In Your Relationships?
  56. Book Reviews: The Innocent and the Plot Against America
  57. Any Tips on Dealing with the Heat?
  58. Ben Casnocha Meets London July 29
  59. Only Americans Are (Trying) To Have Dinner at 6:45 PM
  60. A Hotdog and Burger in Rome
  61. Want to Kill Yourself? Be a Pedestrian in Rome
  62. Rome Rome Rome: Days 1, 2, 3
  63. A Map With Squares Is Better Than a Map With Circles
  64. Two Nights in Florence
  65. Ben Learns Tuscan Cooking
  66. Our Obsession With Consistency and Hypocriscy
  67. Italy and Switzerland Have Water
  68. Do Wealthy People Consume High Culture to Signal Their Wealth?
  69. How Should An American Overseas Celebrate 4th of July?
  70. Friend of Ben and Quote of the Day
  71. Day 19: Rovereto and Verona, Italy
  72. Spending a Day in Venice
  73. Welcome to Italy!

June 2006

  1. Back Home — In Zurich
  2. Can Non-Engineers Run Software Companies?
  3. Memories Rooted in People Are Immortal. Buildings Are Not.
  4. Tyler Cowen's Talk: Sponsoring of Culture in U.S. and Europe
  5. Last Stop in Germany: Munich
  6. Thanks Bow Tie Club
  7. Comment of the Day: Where Are References to Non-Professional Emotional Events in My Life?
  8. Days 10 and 11: Dresden, Germany
  9. Cultural Authenticity: Moroccan Cuisine and New Old Buildings
  10. How the Response to the Italy vs. U.S. Soccer Game Explains Some European/U.S. Differences
  11. Sneaking Into an Academic Papers Conference In Dresden
  12. Mutual Investment in Relationships is Key – "Best Friends" Not "Best Friend"
  13. Chivalry and Sexism – Directly Related?
  14. Can't a Man Do Some Pushups Without Funny Looks?
  15. Meeting PhD Students at the Laundrymat Doing Public Diplomacy Work
  16. Comments of the Day
  17. Cosmopolitanism in Action
  18. Days 9 and 10: Berlin, Germany
  19. Lunch with Business Editor of Die Welt
  20. People Are Generally Good
  21. You Must Be at Least 18 To Sit in an Exit Row
  22. European Gyms and Day Passes
  23. Europe's Assault on h2o
  24. American Music Everywhere
  25. Big City America — When It Makes Sense, and Why I Love San Francisco
  26. Creating and Projecting Your Personal Brand
  27. Day 6 and 7: Brussels and Cologne
  28. Two Significant Events in the Irish Lit World Happen This Week
  29. Logistical and Cultural Challenges of Global Business: A Visit to Microsoft Dublin
  30. Exploring the City of James Joyce
  31. Dealing with Ambiguity and Creative Problem Solving
  32. Examining Your Worldview: Making Explicit What's Implicit
  33. My First Guinness Beer
  34. Day 3: Hiking Tara Hill in Ireland
  35. Book Review: My Life by Bill Clinton
  36. Book Notes: On Writing by Stephen King
  37. Greetings from Southeast Ireland
  38. Oh, You Must Want a Supersized Kit Kat Bar
  39. Canadians and Oldies Music
  40. Trying to Be Extra Nice as an American
  41. Partitioning The Emotional Events in Your Life
  42. Cold Call That Person Now — Who Knows What Could Happen
  43. I'm Off! See You In Europe
  44. Shai Agassi's Travel Schedule and Thoughts on Hosted Software
  45. Making My Life Infrastructure Portable for Seven Weeks
  46. "Journey" Not "Trip"
  47. A Casual Chat with School Friends Turns Into Globalization Argument
  48. Book Review: Creative Destruction; Cosmopolitanism and Globalization
  49. "Do You Have Any Questions?" During a Sales Pitch
  50. In This Post-High School World, A New Chapter Filled With Anxiety and Excitement
  51. When No Negative Thoughts Cross Your Mind
  52. Lengthy Interview with Me in "The G Zone"
  53. Book Review: French and Americans: The Other Shore
  54. High School Graduation 2006
  55. Quote of the Day
  56. Religion from the Outside – NYRB on Dennett's Book
  57. My Father Told Me Never to Miss an Opportunity to Give a Speech
  58. Managing Someone's Inner-circle and Its Role in Sales and Networking

May 2006

  1. Book Review: Fooled by Randomness
  2. Thank You for Sharing — Oprah's Impact on Our Culture
  3. Some People Are Better in Email
  4. Why Do Young People Take More Risks Than Old People?
  5. Did You See Me Being Escorted Out of the Red Carpet Club Today?
  6. Rapleaf Is Hiring – Portable Ratings System for Buyers and Sellers
  7. Listening to an Old Audio Journal Entry
  8. Evolution of Dance — Funny YouTube Video
  9. Separating My RSS Feeds By Priority
  10. In a Series of Vendor Presentations, Which Time Slot Would You Want?
  11. Happiness: Is It In Your Genes or In Your Head?
  12. TypePad Featured Blog
  13. Muslim Militancy and Youth Unrest in France
  14. The Outcomes of Different Types of Voter Theory
  15. Friendettas — Breaches of Pal Protocol
  16. The Culture of Indie Bookstores: A Lively Debate (Me, Silberman, Berrett, Lawton, Yeh…You?)
  17. Top 25 Bloggers in Silicon Valley
  18. Al Gore on SNL — Lockbox, Inventing the Internet, and More
  19. Why the Fuss About Independent Bookstores Closing is Silly
  20. Be Funny: Humor for the Businessperson
  21. High School Senior Year Prom
  22. Constructing the Preferred Narrative of our Lives
  23. The Blogger Lens: Thinking About Things In the Context of Describing it to Others
  24. Book Review: On Friendship
  25. MTV: True Life — Why I Said No
  26. Book Reviews: The Ultimate Question and Financial Intelligence
  27. How Do I Bring Books to Europe?
  28. Cultural Relativism — I'm Torn
  29. Friends of Ben: Dan Grossman
  30. Movie Reviews: Born Into Brothels, Millions, Michael Collins, Losing Isaiah
  31. The Three Platforms On Which I Can Spread My Ideas
  32. A Weekend in Monterey Thinking About the Global World in 2020
  33. The Joy of Delusion
  34. Most Underrated Factor: Luck. Here's How to Maximize It.
  35. Someone Just Sent Me Their Book They Want Me to Endorse…
  36. A Must-Read Article for Dems and Repubs Alike
  37. I Got Re-Certified in CPR (And Re-Certified as a Laughaholic)
  38. Why I Don't Read Those Business-Book Summaries
  39. Conversation: The Greatest, Most Lasting, Most Innocent, Most Useful Pleasure of Life
  40. If You Can Get Up Today, You Can Get Up Any Day (On Resilience)

April 2006

  1. Why I Like Being Tall
  2. The Aspirations of Young People
  3. 20 Reasons Not to Have Children (Followed by 10 Reasons Why You Should)
  4. Self-Deprecation vs. Self-Bashing
  5. Richer First-Time Interactions: Every Cold Call Can Be Warm
  6. IBM Global Innovation Outlook
  7. The Business Approach to Philanthropy
  8. My New Sister Blog: Gap Year Travel Adventures
  9. First Leg: Europe
  10. Why We Think We're Dispassionate About the Duke Case
  11. In Defense of Boredom
  12. On Caitlin Flanagan's Take on Feminism
  13. Six Plane Flights in a 40 Hour Period
  14. A Quiet Moment
  15. Are You The Smartest Person in the Room?
  16. Junto Convenes on The Good Life: The Pursuit of Happiness in Silicon Valley
  17. This I Believe: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
  18. Book Review: Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
  19. Transparency Takes You Off Autopilot
  20. On the Road in Arizona, Illinois, Colorado
  21. The Most Brilliant Immigration Reform Idea To Date
  22. What's Your Influence Quotient?
  23. Book Review: This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
  24. Book Review: Winning the Loser's Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing
  25. How Do Hyperambitious Workaholics Get In Touch With Their Sensual Side?

March 2006

  1. Personal Letter of the Day
  2. Can Globalization Provide Both the Quaintness of a European Village and Hyperconnectedness of Silicon Valley?
  3. An Old Friend Enrolls in West Point
  4. Closing Messages of Emails and Letters
  5. Table for Three – Fictional Dialogues
  6. World Affairs Council 60th Annual Conference
  7. Merit-Based Scholarships
  8. I've Been Invited to a Really Cool, Selective Organization
  9. An "Untech" Dinner at Renee's House
  10. Overvaluing and Undervaluing Advice
  11. Is Black Culture Holding Back Black Men?
  12. Book Reviews: Reading in the Dark, Sex and Reason, Zen Mind/Beginner's Mind
  13. Thick Envelopes, Thin Envelopes
  14. Laughing is the Best Stress Buster
  15. Neoconservatism, War on Terror, Modernization, and Realistic Wilsonianism
  16. Q2 2006 Junto Meeting: The Pursuit of Happiness in Silicon Valley
  17. Information, HyperDifferentiation, and Delight: The Value of Being Different
  18. The Best Education: Worldwide Travel
  19. French Youth Cry Foul — No At-Will Employment!
  20. Do I Have a San Francisco Accent?
  21. Friends of Ben in Palo Alto and Mountain View
  22. America and Europe — A False Debate
  23. Hey Friends of Ben: Do You Know People Overseas?
  24. American Virtues and Vices, Internationalism, and Role of Intellectuals
  25. Making and Keeping Commitments…For Yourself!
  26. "That's Super Interesting" – My New Go-To Phrase
  27. Do Musicial Tastes Help You Get to Know Someone?
  28. Do You Get Satisfaction Out of Meetings? Depends, In Part, On Your Personality
  29. Teen Sex Novels…And How to Think About Changing Teen Culture
  30. Four Months Into Del.icio.us – 637 Items
  31. Book Reviews: Moral Consequences of Economic Growth and Nickle and Dimed
  32. Believing in God: Duped or Eternal Beatitude
  33. Geoff Moore Blogs
  34. SF Zen Center Meditation Instruction
  35. Jewish Girls Gone Wild
  36. How Do Busy Executives Manage Their Everyday Life?
  37. The Michael Jordan Nike Commercial
  38. Are Progressive Feminists Less Happy Than Traditionalist Wives?
  39. Human Nature and Human Individuality
  40. "Grin" and "End of Message" In Emoticons
  41. I Don't Get Around Much
  42. My Summer '06 Travel Blog
  43. Don't Mess With Me
  44. A Free Internet, a Free Middle East
  45. Health and Fitness In a Post-Basketball World
  46. Movie Reviews: In America, In the Name of the Father
  47. It's Risky to Work Hard
  48. The Reading List for Every Educated Person (and Core vs. Open Curriculums)
  49. Friends of Ben Weigh In On My 18th Birthday
  50. Is It Ever Appropriate to Drop an F-Bomb in a Meeting?

February 2006

  1. Why The Economist is So Successful
  2. Franklin Foer Named Editor of the New Republic
  3. Who Are You? instead of What Do You Do?
  4. Autistic Basketball Player Creates Mayhem
  5. The Role of Psychotherapy
  6. Book Review: Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss
  7. Book Review: Swimming Across by Andy Grove
  8. Interview with Me on Money Crashers
  9. Billionaire in this Decade? Donations Welcome
  10. Contexualizing the Summers Fall Out
  11. ESPN Century Sports Moments
  12. Friends of Ben: Tim Taylor – New Blogger
  13. Pursuing Happiness: The Fragility of Contentment
  14. High School Basketball Tonight: Kezar at 8 PM
  15. Speaking of Intimidating Leadership…
  16. Shockingly Poor Career Skills Around Sending Resumes
  17. Casual Fashion – Sweats and Ripped Sweatshirts
  18. The Science of Love and Attraction
  19. Book Review: Globaloney: Unraveling the Myths of Globalization
  20. Book Review: An Introduction to Haiku
  21. Breakthrough Ideas for 2006
  22. Nice Guys vs. Intimidators in Leadership
  23. The Intellectual State of Neoconservatism
  24. Personal Assistants > Greater Than Secretaries, and a Good Investment
  25. From Product Economy, to Service Economy, to Experience Economy
  26. Book Review: All Over But the Shoutin'
  27. Quote of the Day – The Beauty of the Pursuit of Happiness
  28. Would You Rather Have a UC Berkeley Diploma and No Education, or Education and No Diploma?
  29. Cheney: "I Thought He Was Going to Go Gay Cowboy On Me"
  30. Leadership Secrets from Coach K
  31. 50/50 Chance of Ascertaining Tone of an Email
  32. Interview with Me on Entrepreneurship
  33. Silicon Valley's Brat Pack – Young Founders
  34. Enjoying the Solitude
  35. How to Think About the Cartoons if Liberalism is Your Faith
  36. fMRI and Lie Detection – Your Brain Will Give Away Your Lie
  37. Family Feud at West Coast Icon: In-n-Out Burger
  38. Strangers Analyzing USA Today Story on MSN Money
  39. Spike Lee: "Gangsta Culture is Madness"
  40. A Failure of Philanthropy: American Charity, Education, and Public Policy
  41. The President's Loyal Speechwriter
  42. The Most Beautiful City
  43. Communication, Communication, Communication: Worthy of Obsessive Study
  44. Friends of Ben: Trevor Traina
  45. I Will Be in Phoenix and Scottsdale March 24-26
  46. The World of PhD's and Academia
  47. EurekaAlert – Interesting Scientific Research via RSS
  48. Why is Rap Music God's Soundtrack for Black People?
  49. Why I Will Never Move to Kansas: Teen Sex Trial
  50. Understanding the Muslim World Is the Challenge of the Century for My Generation
  51. The Shot Was There, So I Took It…
  52. To Create the Elevator Pitch for Our Life, We Create Moments
  53. Is Thinking About Past, Present, and Future Useful Anymore?
  54. The High School Years: The Worst Four, or Best Four?
  55. If We Played Like We Did During the 1st Quarter the Whole Game…
  56. Driving Time: Talk on the Phone or Feel the Flow?
  57. Group Brainstorming Doesn't Work; Be Creative on Your Own
  58. Why "Good to Great" Isn't Very Good
  59. The Post-Gay Generation of High Schoolers
  60. Associated Press TV Does Video Segment on Comcate and Me

January 2006

  1. Income Inequality in the U.S.
  2. On Stereotyping, Racial Profiling, Pit Bulls, Arabs, and Malcolm Gladwell
  3. Thinking in Terms of Negative Space
  4. Here's What I Don't Get About Gripes on "Feed Overload"
  5. Voodoo Still Winning in West African Country of Benin
  6. America in the Eyes of a Frenchman
  7. Trying to Distill Myself For a College Interview
  8. Becoming Geekified – Learning PHP and mySQL
  9. I Got My Personal Finance Ass Kicked
  10. Self-Deception and Confirmation Bias in Politics and Life
  11. Looking for Google Analytics Invite Code
  12. The Importance of Rigorous Moral Reasoning
  13. Seth Levine Offers Profound Moral Advice
  14. Book Review: Personal History by Katherine Graham (And The Business Lessons Therein)
  15. Accurate Traffic Directions and Predictions – Can't Wait for This
  16. How Girls Got So Casual About Oral Sex
  17. Our Evolving National Character: Are Unique Cultural Attributes Gone?
  18. Culture Wars and The "De-Moralization of Society"
  19. The January/February Issue of the Atlantic is Awesome
  20. How People Talk About Happiness vs. What They Actually Feel
  21. BillMonk Will Now Track My IOUs
  22. The Key to the New Economy: Logistics
  23. New Suburbanism and How Population Boom Is Creating Exurbia
  24. Frequently Asked Questions (Leveraging One-to-Many Medium)
  25. The Last 24 Hours of My Life
  26. I'm in Today's USA Today Tech Section
  27. If You're New to This Blog, Here Are A Few Tips
  28. American Spirituality – What Does it Exactly Mean?
  29. In Tense Situations, Some Play Even Better, Some Even Worse
  30. Two Hilarious Movies: Chronic of Narnia and Maury Povich Excerpt
  31. Globalization and Its Impact on Culture: Increases Diversity or Not?
  32. Emotive Vitality is the Greatest Weapon in a Politician's Warchest
  33. Objects in Future Appear Much Larger Than They Are
  34. U.S. Airstrike in Pakistan – Making Decisions With Incomplete Information
  35. Dangerous Decision-Making Heuristics
  36. Negotiating Compensation – High, Low, Meet in Middle or Fair Number From Start?
  37. Dan Rather Anthrax SNL Skit
  38. Lengthy, Functionality-Driven RFPs Are Not Effective
  39. My Brevity on Norway's Quotas – Insensitive
  40. Norway Requires Boards to Have 40% Women
  41. Formal Book Review: Ghost Wars: A Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
  42. MySpace Bubble Has Popped (You Heard It Here First)
  43. If Guy Kawasaki Doesn't Watch Out, His Blog Will End Up in the VC Blog Graveyard
  44. Book Review: How to Be Alone: Essays
  45. Dangerous Ideas: Cyber-Disinhibition, Hodgepodge Morality, and More
  46. 4200 Books Before I Die
  47. fMRI and Lie Detection
  48. The Science of Gender and Science
  49. The Coach as Culture Hero – What's so great about the guy with the whistle around his neck?
  50. The Greatest Quote Whore Who Ever Lived
  51. The SV Junto Inaugural Meeting: Success
  52. A Day Full of F-Bombs
  53. Question of the Day: How to Start an Entrepreneurship Club
  54. Email of the Day: Do You Want to Be an Angel Investor?
  55. Book Review: The Best American Magazine Writing of 2004
  56. Book Review: A Hope in the Unseen
  57. Tom Peters' Top 41 Quotes
  58. Inaugural Silicon Valley Junto Meeting Thursday @ Noon in Palo Alto
  59. Does Your 2006 Rival This One?
  60. My Litmus Test for Transparency in Blogland
  61. Looking Back at 2005 Reading
  62. Must Read Book: The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
  63. True Kinship Doesn't Happen During the Carefully Manicured Moments of Social Bonding
  64. Cultural Globalization – A Case for Contamination

2005 329

December 2005

  1. Happiness and the Role of Introspection
  2. White House Celebrates Fifth Straight Year Without Oral Sex
  3. If You Work Hard, Do You "Deserve" a Reward?
  4. Learning by Watching a Conversation Evolve
  5. No Better Way to Master an Idea Than to Write About It
  6. Ghangsta Culture and Sowing the Seeds of Racism in School
  7. Book Reviews: Money Makes the World Go Around and The Untied States of America
  8. Job Candidates: Young Salesperson, Consumer Internet CEO, and London Job Opps
  9. Children Mutilate, Burn, and Torture Barbies
  10. When Barry Diller Calls, You Don't Say No
  11. Polyphasic Sleep – Several Short Naps Throughout the Day
  12. Email of the Day
  13. Does Culture Affect Economics?
  14. Study Shows the Superrich Are Not the Most Generous
  15. Unbelievable Minor League Hockey Fight
  16. My Blogroll: What Feeds I Monitor and Why
  17. Christmas Music….I Mean "Holiday Music"
  18. The Making of an Ice Princess
  19. The December HBR Was Written for Me
  20. Classes I'm Taking Next Semester
  21. How Am I Supposed to Answer This in 250 Words?
  22. Emotion and Passion in CEO Decision Making
  23. For Adults, The Cachet of Your Diploma Rises and Falls
  24. 21,000 Miles In Three Days
  25. Quote of the Day From Software Executive
  26. Book Review: Descartes' Error
  27. The Best Ideas of 2005
  28. People Are Starting to Hear About Early Decisions
  29. I Love Work, and I Love You Cliff Bar
  30. Reason #401 That Will Ferrell is Hilarious
  31. Innate Smarts Have Never Mattered Less and "Smart" is a Meaningless Word
  32. Dynamically Generating Ads in Podcasts
  33. The Image Culture
  34. Is the Institution of "Family" Antiquated?
  35. Objectivism Continued: Dave Jilk Weighs In
  36. On Editing My School Newspaper
  37. Constant Travelers Wear Their All-Nighters as a Badge of Pride
  38. Announcing the Silicon Valley Junto
  39. Atlas Shrugged and Objectivism Continued
  40. Movie Review: American History X
  41. Amazing Christmas Lights Tied to MIDI Soundtrack
  42. White Kids Fitting Into Black Culture
  43. Just Like the Good Ole Days (Business Travel)
  44. BizWorld Rings Closing Bell at NYSE

November 2005

  1. Everybody's an Expert: Putting Predictions to the Test
  2. The Benefits of Talking to One's Self and the Wonderful Worlds of Recitation
  3. Research Finds Twins to Be the Slower Siblings
  4. Man Forced to Stand In Front of Post Office: "I Stole Mail"
  5. Harper's Set to Name Its Next Editor
  6. Give to Charities I Care About
  7. Now, Go Suck the Gas Pipe
  8. Dick Hardt's Kick-Ass Presentation on Identity 2.0
  9. Two Ways of Looking at Childrearing
  10. Sex and Chess
  11. My Recent Bookmarks (Del.icio.us)
  12. College Essays (A Spoof in the New Yorker)
  13. Good Writing Doesn't Just Communicate Ideas; It Generates Them
  14. Has LinkedIn Been Good to You?
  15. Is God an Accident?
  16. It's a Small World: Balling With Marc Canter's Kids
  17. Book Review: The Secret Life of Bees
  18. Did You Know Cheese Can Be "Subtly Earthy"?
  19. The Great Books: Ideas That Changed the World
  20. Child Prodigies: Nurturing the Young Genius
  21. Breeding Grounds for Islamic Extremism?
  22. Slate Kicking Ass With "College Week" and Other Articles
  23. Three Management Lessons of the Day
  24. Does Giving to Elite Higher Ed Count As Charity?
  25. Tihis Is Iercnlbide
  26. Book Review: The Sociopath Next Door
  27. Stanford Lectures on iTunes – Great Intellectual Audio
  28. What Makes Someone French?
  29. The Young Americans Project RV Rolls On…
  30. Risk-taking in Entrepreneurship is Overrated
  31. A Brief Reminder on the Power of the Gates Foundation
  32. Book Short: Benjamin Franklin
  33. Just Bought All My Books for Holidays
  34. Are Motherhood and Feminist Womanhood Mutually Exclusive?
  35. Basketball Season Starts Tomorrow
  36. Hoffman vs. Casnocha in Chess: I Lost
  37. My Personal Computing Infrastructure Should Have Two Modes
  38. Globalization and Radical Islam
  39. 'Know Thyself' — Easier Said Than Done
  40. The Dynamics of a Meeting When One Person Knows More Than Everyone Else
  41. Hilarious Email and Response (Warning: Crude College Humor)

October 2005

  1. The Right War? Everybody is a Realist Now
  2. I Wanted to Get A's This Quarter
  3. Well-Rounded vs. Lop-Sided Learners
  4. Must See Movie: Crash
  5. I Was Hypnotized Today
  6. Can the VC and Start-up World Find Time to Talk About Worldly Issues?
  7. How Labels Shape Our Attitudes Toward Violence
  8. The Fundamental Human Need for an Identity (and Religion)
  9. "I'll Do It But Only If You Help Me Do It"
  10. The Road Ahead: Religion, Technology, and Politics
  11. On Grief
  12. Book Reviews: Going Deep on Buddhism
  13. Legal Affairs Debate Club – What's Wrong With the Patriot Act?
  14. Fan Mail and Hate Mail
  15. Are You a Freak?
  16. Recognizing Great Storytellers – Strengths in Autobiographical Memory
  17. My First Date
  18. Must Teenage Girls Consult Their Parents Before an Abortion?
  19. Continuous Partial Attention
  20. What Defines a Satisfied Customer?
  21. Can the Youth in Iran Cause Regime Change?
  22. The New Science of Feeling Good
  23. A Socrates Cafe/Active Minds Group for Biz/Tech Folks? Feedback, Please
  24. Google and Corporate Philanthropy
  25. The Next Generation: Leaders or Followers? Entrepreneurs or Cogs?
  26. Social Classes, Elitism, Higher Ed, and Social vs. Economic Equality
  27. Bush's Obsession Over Exercise
  28. What Makes a Good Mentor/Advisor (cont)
  29. Three Things to Read in Today's NYT
  30. Sick of Hearing about Harvard? So Is Everone Else – Except Harvard-Educated Journalists
  31. Bible Converted Into Text For SMS Generation
  32. Profundity Distracts from Beef
  33. Life is Interesting at Intersections
  34. Web 2.0: "What Teens Want" Panel
  35. Seinfeld Parody of "The Voice" In Movie Trailers
  36. On Panel at Web 2.0 Conference
  37. Email Subscription Via FeedBlitz
  38. The Social Logic of Ivy League Admissions
  39. Scale, Scale, Scale, Scale
  40. The Days of the Corporate Secretary Are Over

September 2005

  1. Parents Against Bad Schools: Complaints About Books
  2. Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business
  3. Book Review: The Bhagavad-Gita
  4. Friends of Ben: Valerie Cunningham
  5. Why Can't Conferences That Stress Innovation, Innovate Themselves?
  6. Cognitive Science's Search for a Common Morality
  7. Book Review: The Geography of Thought
  8. Vote for the Top Intellectuals
  9. The Blank Slate and Other Myths About How the Mind Works
  10. Ben's Golden Touch
  11. What's the Most Expensive Purchase in Your Life (after house)?
  12. The Writing Problems of Visual Thinkers
  13. I Laughed So Hard My Rib Cage Hurt
  14. What to Read in Today's NYT
  15. Paralyzed by Too Many Things
  16. First Yoga Experience Today
  17. Study: Half of All Teens Have Had Oral Sex
  18. Participating in Churchhill Club Event 9/23
  19. An Active Person's Diet
  20. Bush Fishing in New Orleans
  21. Me on CNN
  22. Book Review: An Outline of Pyscho-Analysis
  23. Young Intellectuals In Pursuit of Ideas
  24. Unconventional Warfare and Special Ops Men
  25. Quotes of the Day (books)
  26. You Know Your Parents Have Been Watching Too Much 24 When…
  27. Comcate Donates Software to Affected Public Agencies
  28. What Ideas, Values, and Institutions Won't Be Here in 2040?
  29. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Tells It Like It Is
  30. The Christian Paradox: How a Faithful Nation Gets Jesus Wrong
  31. Let a Hoe Be a Ho
  32. FEMA Guide to Citizen Preparedness
  33. How Will Millenials Think About Health/Fitness Issues?

August 2005

  1. You Don't Know What You Don't Know
  2. School Encourages "Fuck" in the Classroom
  3. Clear Writing, Clear Thinking
  4. Reading a Note to Yourself Written 3 Years Ago
  5. Looking for Book Recommendation on Middle East
  6. Book Reviews: Getting Things Done and Ishmael
  7. My Inaugural Podcast: From Ben's Mouth
  8. Truth Under Cultural and Conceptual Assault
  9. Book Review: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
  10. My Fall Semester School Schedule
  11. A Bow Tie Kind of Guy
  12. Leaving a Meeting With a "Friend of Ben" With Increased Energy
  13. Idealistic Presidents Mugged by Reality
  14. How Fred Wilson, Jeff Jarvis, and Others Are Creating the A List
  15. Book Review: On Intelligence
  16. Cultural Geography
  17. Formal Book Review: Running the World
  18. The Quintessential Entrepreneurial Experience: A Big Release
  19. Quote of the Day
  20. Lesson #6,531: "Brand" or Identity Don't Matter for a Startup
  21. Free the Curriculum!
  22. The 33 Mile Tour de Peninsula
  23. Is this the way to Armadillo? Via the Royal Black Squadron in Iraq
  24. Book Review: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
  25. Essential Resources for Creativity (163 techniques, 30 tips, books!)
  26. Introducing the Comcate Corporate Blog – Comcate Insider

July 2005

  1. A Smart Analysis on the State of News Media
  2. The Social Responsibilities of Corporations
  3. We're All Postmodern Now
  4. Managing Expectations Critical in Human Interactions
  5. Friends of Ben: Steve Silberman
  6. Book Reviews: Plan B and Lawrence Kohlberg's Approach to Moral Education
  7. David Foster Wallace's Brilliant Commencement Speech
  8. The All-You-Can Eat Reno Buffet
  9. The Framing Wars – Language and Substance in Debate
  10. Thinking Just One Degree Differently
  11. Follow Up to Comments on Why Is College the Default
  12. Why is College (4 years, $160k) the Default?
  13. Book Reviews: Wealth and Democracy; Rich Dad/Poor Dad
  14. Anonymous Comment on Impassioned Readers Post
  15. The Pursuit and Misuse of Useless Information
  16. Impassioned Readers Lead Active Lives
  17. Government Aid (Africa) and Individual Philanthropy to Non-Critical Causes
  18. Americanism is an Idea; Flags; Political Debate
  19. Stereotyping Your Office
  20. Don't Blog…Because of "Negative Reputational Value"?
  21. Formal Book Review: Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby
  22. Book Reviews: The Know-It All, Two Dollar Bill, Freakonomics
  23. Further Thoughts on Faith
  24. Narcissisism Continued – Blunt Embracement, Says Yeh

June 2005

  1. A Slight Modification to My Information Diet
  2. Monterey County Herald Article
  3. Narcissisism – Successful People, Intimacy
  4. Solitude
  5. Our Obsession Over Memories
  6. Americanisms Are Cool in a US-hostile World
  7. Book Reviews: 4 Winners, 1 So-So, 2 Stinkers
  8. German Newspaper Does Story on My Attempted WEF Sneak-In
  9. I Thought This Shit Only Happened in High School
  10. It's Not Time We Lack; It's Smart Use of Our Energy Supply
  11. First Experience at Youth Hostel
  12. Sneak-In at WEF Event: Failure
  13. Pentagon Pitching Teens Based on GPA
  14. Eumerica: Best of 2 Worlds
  15. This Blog Turns 1 Year Old
  16. Some Politics May Be Etched in the Genes
  17. I Have Something to Prove
  18. I'm Famous Already in Zurich
  19. Book Review: The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
  20. Death is the Best Invention of Life
  21. Book Review: On Becoming a Leader
  22. Arrived in Zurich, Switzerland
  23. How Business Schools Lost Their Way
  24. The Examined Life: Cultivating Self-Reflection and the Return of Socratic Thinking
  25. Book Reviews: Winning at New Products and the Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law
  26. A Beautiful Poem – Read and Reflect

May 2005

  1. Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible
  2. Book Review: Emerson: The Mind on Fire
  3. Valedictorian Madness
  4. Where's the Leverage for Entrepreneurs?
  5. Sadness – The Most Under-Rated of Human Emotions
  6. Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas
  7. Entrepreneurship is a Life Idea, Not a Business One
  8. Book Review: New New Journalism
  9. Ben Is Insensitive and Like a Machine
  10. A Reminder About the Power of Self-Deprecation
  11. Ontology is Overrated
  12. High School Prom
  13. Feeling Sorry for Myself
  14. Book Review: Ayn Rand, For the New Intellectual
  15. The Current Harper's Index
  16. Hand Gestures Linked to Better Speaking
  17. Casnocha's Laws of Productive Confabs
  18. Exhaustion
  19. Do We Really Want to Know How the Brain Works?
  20. If the I.R.S. Gets Less, Does Charity Get More?
  21. Jocks and the Academy

April 2005

  1. Resistence to Change and Importance of Emotions
  2. Facilitating a Discussion on World Intervention
  3. This Blog and Google Results
  4. What To Read in the Times Today
  5. Book: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
  6. Is It Immoral to be Unhappy?
  7. All Hail Benedict!
  8. Fitting an Impossible Ideal
  9. Great Leaders/Doers Drink Tea and Eat Wheat Bread
  10. Moral Sense Test (MST): Test Your Moral Intuitions
  11. Q1 Reading
  12. Spring Break College Trip: Notes and Photos
  13. Friends of Ben: Seth Godin
  14. Friends of Ben: Jonathan Miller
  15. Me v. Everybody – Hilarious Must Read

March 2005

  1. Salesforce.com Sponsored Event for High School Students
  2. Core Values
  3. Do Not Prolong My Life
  4. "I'm Going to Break Ben Out of His Shell"
  5. The Education or Diploma?
  6. Competing with the Big Boys
  7. Talking Slow = Credibility in Sales Presentation
  8. Voicemail Technology Just Sucks
  9. Statistically Improbable Phrases in Amazon.com
  10. Renewing My Effort at Full Engagement: Values
  11. Revenge of the Right Brain
  12. Being Connected is Contemporary Currency
  13. Facilitations on Racial Issues Next Week
  14. FeedBurner Issue Resolved
  15. Recent Journalism Reading
  16. How the Mind Works (trying again)
  17. Write a Letter to Darfur (Not)
  18. First College Trip to Midwest and East
  19. How to Win the US Memory Championship
  20. Analogical Thinking
  21. The New SAT Debuts
  22. Huh Corporation
  23. With Judy's Book, Another Place for Reviews
  24. Prey on Teens Insecurites
  25. Visual Literacy in Businesses
  26. Too Much Coffee For Steve
  27. World Economic Forum – Young Global Leaders
  28. Innovation Is Overrated
  29. I Turned 17 Today

February 2005

  1. Posner-Becker Blog: A Critical Contribution to Blogland
  2. Personal Web Site – casnocha.com
  3. Our Revenues Are Very Conservative
  4. Hanna Boys Center
  5. A Week of Networking: Bringing Equal Value
  6. Email Exchange With Reader on God and Man at Harvard
  7. Video Games and Fiction Reading – It's A Whole Other World
  8. Busy Season Over
  9. Contra Costa Times Article on Comcate
  10. How to Read a Business Book
  11. Stanford Conference on Entrepreneurship Notes
  12. God and Man at Harvard
  13. Let Them All Be Power Users
  14. Stanford Entrepreneurship Conference Saturday
  15. Go Carly, Go
  16. Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Information Diet

January 2005

  1. Losing and the Myth That Hard Work Always = Success
  2. Dare To Be Mediocre (Time/Energy Management)
  3. A couple good journalism articles
  4. Paul Graham on What You'll Wish You'd Known (High School)
  5. Beyond a "Flat Hierarchy" in Business
  6. Preliminary College Questionnaire
  7. Blink vs. Wisdom of Crowds
  8. Results of Independent Study on Blogs, Journalism, and Media
  9. Good Book Reccomendation: Mind Wide Open
  10. Software Development is Hard
  11. A VC in the CV
  12. What Do You Believe Is True Even Though You Can't Prove It?
  13. E-Medical Records Are Coming
  14. Re-defining liberalism and prescription drug costs

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