January 2011
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“Predicting people’s behavior is becoming big business—and increasingly feasible...”
– How Visa Predicts Divorce - The Daily Beast (via slantback)
(Disclosure: I used to go to Sharx when I lived in Montreal!)
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“I found myself spending literally a half an hour, 30 minutes, in the cereal...”
– One year ago this week: Jonah Lehrer, on the pathologies of decision making. (via nprfreshair)
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“It’s a lot easier for an organization to adopt new words than it is to actually...”
– Seth’s Blog: The pleasant reassurance of new words (via slantback)
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“Simple trumps complete” – a 5% feature (used by less than 5% of all users) is a...”
– A Netflix Design Principle: Simple Trumps Complete » UIE Brain Sparks (via slantback)
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popsong89:
“Slow Show” -The National
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“On the other hand, a woman with a preponderance of ‘4’ votes, someone...”
– Confirmed: Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder - NYTimes.com (via slantback)
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Watch: The National & Band of Horses on Austin...
twentyfourbit:
Over the weekend, the National and our favorite one-time wedding band shared the bill for an episode of Austin City Limits on PBS, performing short sets of older and new material for those of us nursing a cold at home on Saturday night. While we’ve certainly seen our fair share of pro-shot live takes on High Violet songs before, highlights from the broadcast included a short chat...
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“Revolutionary.”
– Atul Gawande’s reaction to the 56 percent average reduction in hospital bills after patients were treated by Dr. Jeff Brenner. Brenner and his team decided to drive down health care costs by providing better care to chronically ill patients. Tomorrow, we speak with Gawande about treating the...
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“Engineers handle entire feature themselves — front end javascript, backend...”
– How Facebook Ships Code « FrameThink – Frameworks for Thinking People
i won’t comment on the validity of this practice or even if it can be judged purely on its validity alone, but i will say this… i can smell this as a user. from facebook to gmail, products and feature sets driven by...
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“Many of us sit in front of a computer for eight hours a day, and then go home...”
– Inactivity Is Harmful, Even With Trips to the Gym - NYTimes.com
eep.
(via ub14)
Yikes. Bad bad news.
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Watch: The National & Band of Horses on Austin...
twentyfourbit:
Over the weekend, the National and our favorite one-time wedding band shared the bill for an episode of Austin City Limits on PBS, performing short sets of older and new material for those of us nursing a cold at home on Saturday night. While we’ve certainly seen our fair share of pro-shot live takes on High Violet songs before, highlights from the broadcast included a short chat...
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“Revolutionary.”
– Atul Gawande’s reaction to the 56 percent average reduction in hospital bills after patients were treated by Dr. Jeff Brenner. Brenner and his team decided to drive down health care costs by providing better care to chronically ill patients. Tomorrow, we speak with Gawande about treating the...
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“Engineers handle entire feature themselves — front end javascript, backend...”
– How Facebook Ships Code « FrameThink – Frameworks for Thinking People
i won’t comment on the validity of this practice or even if it can be judged purely on its validity alone, but i will say this… i can smell this as a user. from facebook to gmail, products and feature sets driven by...
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“Many of us sit in front of a computer for eight hours a day, and then go home...”
– Inactivity Is Harmful, Even With Trips to the Gym - NYTimes.com
eep.
(via ub14)
Yikes. Bad bad news.
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“Average performers believe their errors were caused by factors outside their...”
– How Do Excellent Performers Differ from the Average? - Farnam Street (via slantback)
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“Average performers believe their errors were caused by factors outside their...”
– How Do Excellent Performers Differ from the Average? - Farnam Street (via slantback)
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Tomolive: E-readers 'too easy' to read - The... →
maorinette:
tomolive:
“It has long been assumed that displaying information more clearly and legibly will help readers take it on board, but the truth could be the opposite – that making something easy to read causes the brain to be lazy.
Rather than making things clearer, e-readers and computers prevent us from…
interesting…
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Tomolive: E-readers 'too easy' to read - The... →
maorinette:
tomolive:
“It has long been assumed that displaying information more clearly and legibly will help readers take it on board, but the truth could be the opposite – that making something easy to read causes the brain to be lazy.
Rather than making things clearer, e-readers and computers prevent us from…
interesting…
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“We tested whether having students write down their thoughts about an upcoming...”
– Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom | Science/AAAS
Not surprising, but good to know.
(via wehr)
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“We tested whether having students write down their thoughts about an upcoming...”
– Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom | Science/AAAS
Not surprising, but good to know.
(via wehr)
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ub14:
The National, “England.”...
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ub14:
The National, “England.”...
