Information Maven: Greg Meyer

The New York Daily News has a post today about an interesting innovation: “rat-proof” garbage bags. The trick? Apparently the scent of Eucalyptus is very effective at getting the little buggers to go away. Just a reminder that little ideas with good execution can get a product to market just as effectively […]

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As a full time worker and a mostly full-time MBA student, I sometimes wonder why there are not more hours in the day. Since January, my “free time” has dwindled and I spend a lot of my discretionary time thinking about the contribution to national income of government spending or wondering how I can […]

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A friend recently sent me information from James Surowiecki’s excellent book the Wisdom of Crowds, and suggested a test for the book - name a few locations for your friends, and ask them individually to respond with the time of day and place they would meet if the only thing you knew about the meeting […]

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Curt Rosengren eloquently describes stumbling to learn a new skill as a metaphor for how we can improve ourselves broadly. Occasional stupidity only feels stupid if you let it - that is, it’s important to remember that learning new skills is a process of continual iteration - and that stopping is the only stupid […]

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Mark Frauenfelder at BoingBoing followed up his previous Silly Putty post with additional information.

He references a scientific explanation for what happens to Silly Putty (or polymers in general) when it is subjected to extreme pressure: namely, it cracks.
For fun, check out this link to see what happens when the putty is dropped from a building […]

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