The couch where the magic happens

Though Warren maintains a huge archive of the secrets, he chooses from a much smaller collection for his weekly blog post. In addition to picking from the most appropriate secrets that arrive during the week, he also maintains a big stack--and some smaller ones--that he knows will someday make it onto the blog. From these, he chooses ones that complement secrets that have arrived during the week, or that echo a theme he wants to have in the week's post.

All those secrets are semipermanently covering this couch, in front of the table where he lays out the 20 for the week. And pretty much the only space not covered by secrets here is where Warren himself sits when organizing the post for the week.

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June 26, 2010 7:27 PM PDT

Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET

| Caption by: Daniel Terdiman