Why smart people defend bad ideas : “Speed kills”. I was never very good at pool, but this one guy there was, and whenever we’d play, he’d watch me miss easy shots because I tried to force them in with authority. I chose speed and power over control, and I usually lost. So like pool, when it comes to defusing smart people who are defending bad ideas, you have to find ways to slow things down.

I always used to look at the search button at various websites and wonder , will it not take the users to various other search engine sites and thus losing the stickiness of the site. Now I think there’s a better way of handling the search box on websites. Here’s a product from Yahoo labs which addresses that gap. Y!Q Beta : Embed Y!Q into your site to give your users convenient, related searches

Its been almost ages that I had last read anything about Bayes theorem , perhaps the last time I stumbled on the theorem was when one of my friends Tarun sent a email forward with the subject line" How to choose your spouse using Bayes theorem". Though much of the article was only meant for mathematician’s world, It never occurred to me that there are a lot of commonalities between the statistical world and Bayes theorem.

Paul Allen asks : " Who is your business hero? Whose life inspires you? Whose keys to success have you chosen to study and adopt for yourself? Have you ever carefully studied a biography or autobiography of a great entrepreneur? Have you chosen from the vast field of history a hero whose example can help you achieve your goals? “ There are Great entrepreneurs who have diligently tried reading the successful people’s lives and trying to apply the same kind of thinking in their lives and become successful.

Chase Offers Contactless Cards in a Blink: Chase is offering a new RFID enabled cards which can be used by customers in various locations. The advantage touted are: Convenience AND a 20-second reduction in transaction time using contactless payments, and the results of pilot tests point to higher per-transaction spending when consumers use contactless payment devices instead of cash.