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May 2006 - Posts

• Optimize your life #5 - Successful multitasking

  As I've mentioned before, it's difficult for us, as mere human beings, to maintain our effectiveness when we try to switch rapidly between multiple tasks. It's nothing to be ashamed of...it's just how the species is wired. We're not computers, after all. Read More... Posted Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:47 PM by rkuo | 2 Comments Filed under: Optimize your life

• A short follow up to "Movies and the wisdom of crowds"

  FYI, I'm working on the fifth installment of Optimize your life. Look for that this week. The latest results for the Da Vinci Code show it handily beating expectations ...estimates now show it tracking at 77 million, when estimates had been revised to Read More... Posted Sunday, May 21, 2006 5:17 PM by rkuo | 0 Comments Filed under: Current events

• Movies, the wisdom of crowds, and successful products

  I visit both Box Office Mojo and Box Office Guru pretty regularly to see what kind of business new movies are doing. I've noticed something interesting about the movies that have been released over the past month that I thought would be worth sharing Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:59 AM by rkuo | 3 Comments Filed under: Business

• Book mini review - In Search of Excellence

  Yes, I read books. I read a lot of them. As so frequently happens with books I read, I end up forgetting the specific details of the book rather quickly. What does end up happening is that, while I'm reading the book, something once in a while will click. Read More... Posted Monday, May 01, 2006 5:45 AM by rkuo | 0 Comments Filed under: Business