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Lost ended last night in what will no doubt go down as the most talked about television event since Tony Soprano fuzzed out of existence a few years ago. It's too early for me to tell whether I really liked it, or simply really enjoyed the production values of the last few episodes. One is clear though: from JJ Abrams on down, everyone involved with the show showed an amazing command of their particular craft.

I remember writing about Lost five years ago on this blog right after the beginning of my last startup. Lost became company culture from the days when there were only 3 of us (and it was good to see that thanks to the rapid infusion technology known as 12 hours in front of a DVD boxset, even the laggards eventually got religion). The craftsmanship behind every facet of the show was something we all admired intensely (the other topic we'd talk about endlessly was Apple's product roadmap) as was the work that was put into slowly developing a really compelling story that wrapped itself around the particular talents of the actors. As I tried to so ineloquently express all those years ago, there is a really good parallel to the early days of a startup here.

[ For those that liked the show, or story-telling in general, there was a fantastic piece by JJ Abrams in Wired last year about the process and the "magic of mystery."]