Creativity by Combination

A lot of what passes as creativity is just combining things that aren’t normally combined. For example, my parents are in town this week, at the same time the iPad was launched, which made me think a lot about the physical form that products take. And because of the iPad…

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iPad

I think you can predict acceptance of a new product by what people will compare it to. For example, the iPod was compared to all of the other ways you could organize and carry your music around, and the iPod was just plain better. Then Apple introduced the iPhone. It…

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CIA Tricks

I wonder what kind of tricks the CIA is using against Al Qaeda these days.If I were in the CIA, I would try to flood the terrorist communication channels with false orders. Some of the false orders would be simple stuff, such as “Everyone gather by the big rock and…

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