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The Monk and the Riddle
Sunday, July 06, 2008 11:16 PM

Speaking of the " Latitude Library ", I just finished reading an interesting book recently added to our inventory, "The Monk and the Riddle" . Written by Randy Komisar , self-described virtual-CEO and technology entrepeneur, the book is quick to reveal the roots of its unusual title (no clues here though!), but slow to reach its point: its... Read More...

by Darin | with no comments

Filed under: General, Business, Ideas, Clients, Around the office

United States of the World
Monday, April 14, 2008 3:48 PM

Back in 2005 Steven posted a map in the office kitchen, showing US States named for countries with a comparable gross domestic product (GDP). I noticed the United States of the World map that Steve had clipped out of the Globe and Mail, as well as a remake in the Strange Maps archive: The blog comments suggest that the accuracy of the source data may be in debate... Read More...

by Jade | with no comments

Filed under: Ideas, Around the office

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:56 PM

I've always been fascinated by the Hollywood game "the six degrees of Kevin Bacon" . Its a pop-culture version of the well known "six degrees of separation" idea - we're all seperated from anyone on the planet by, at most, six people. Except, in the "Kevin Bacon" version, you interconnect Hollywood stars via Kevin Bacon.... Read More...

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