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February 82

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2008

December 52

November 60

October 82

September 94

August 60

July 45

June 44

May 54

April 79

March 112

February 99

January 90

2007

December 82

November 64

October 94

September 78

August 56

July 69

June 68

May 58

April 52

March 45

February

January

We’re gluttons for infographics, and a team at Kansas...

“A study commissioned by the National Football League reports...”
— Study Indicates Higher Rate of...

“The average cell phone bill for a working mom is $94, which...”
— Working Moms Are the Mobile...

“Tests done since 1933 show that people who talk about their...”
— Shut up! Announcing your plans...

This airline (and many companies) had erected a strict...

jonathan-deamer: iamdanw: Drivers’ details sold by DVLA...

finermac: If you receive an email with a load of...

“If you are inundated with lots of brands vying for your...”
— Feeding the Puppy: Social...

“You don’t have to like the coming era of...”
— Seth’s Blog: Everyone...

“On the average, the slow lines and lanes are the ones that...”
— Simple Statistics - Why Does...

OkCupid, an online dating service, analyzed over 500,000...

Windows 7 Launch Party screener survey: how...

Examples of placebo buttons are unwired walk buttons at...

I love taking pictures of signs on signs. They usually point...

iamdanw: benjaminf: TO-GENKYO has designed an innovative...

superamit: finermac: Small copy changes like this, to...

“Even in this self-selected group of Firefox tab users, most...”
— ignore the code: How Many Tabs...

“While shopping recently at RadioShack, Florida quarterback...”
— College Stars Run for Cover...

Monsters Vs Aliens UI Design Joke- 90 Percent of Everything

The original article concludes: “So the only thing higher...

“as Buffett was rushing out to a social engagement in...”
— Consequences of Mobile Phone...

“The question is not “what should newspapers do?” but “how...”
— Stop Giving the Newspapers...

“I’ve never purchased diapers online, since my diaper...”
— Seth’s Blog: Friction

“Under government insurance requirements, the maker of the...”
— Insurers Shun Multitasking...

Tired of residents spitting out chewing gum on the street,...

“Let’s start with the punch line – roughly 50% of people...”
— Cats Love Firefox Support |...

“Less is more. Contact form conversions increased 120% when...”
— Contact Form Study | Imaginary...

“1. Injuries, or their absence, have a drastic effect on a...”
— Keeping Score - Some N.F.L....

Headset Hotties

and here is one proposed redesign that, according to the...

“We used to listen to music in an entirely different way....”
— Pitchfork: Album Reviews:...

“This means that in the past 20 months of UFC fights, a...”
— Winners Wear Red - Especially...

“A team with a .600 winning percentage charges, on average,...”
— Can a Ballclub’s Record...

“One night, I had just such an epiphany. It would feed the...”
— Stop Losing Your Best Ideas

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not...”
— A design and usability blog:...

“There are three fundamental quirks of human nature. We fall...”
— Coding Horror: 9 Ways...

So following 9/11 there were actually fewer cancellations...

infothesis: Visualizing the Past Changes in the US Homeland...

“The million-plus surveillance cameras that monitor London’s...”
— Cameras or Cops? -...

“And while we sold a little harder—and offered an incentive...”
— A List Apart: Articles:...

For example, research conducted by noted industry expert...

davidkaneda: You’re Killing Me, Zappos — Andrew...

Quite a strong prime. To Nudge blog readers who have flown...

brocatus: I’ve just browsed my own tumblr for half an hour. Fucking love it. Best there is.

gladwell dot com - open secrets

“A rectangle with sharp edges takes indeed a little bit more...”
— Basement.org: Why Do We Love...

“If you are not bumping against questions that need answers...”
— Interview: Sox, UX Director at...

The next time you find yourself using professional text, or...

50 things that are being killed by the...

“Because that’s what your magazine needs. Not “improvement.”...”
— Unfucking your magazine Web...

The Department tracked student progress in 8th grade and...

Our participants were faster, more successful, less...

Hire execs who love the product

jonathan-deamer: Live updating counter on the cereal...

“The more news you consume, the less happy you are in life....”
— jay parkinson + md — from The...

“Information gently but relentlessly drizzles down on us in...”
— Manuel Lima, in his manifesto...

“Deep down, when I stop to think about it, I know (or have...”
— The Apple upgrade problem

“If you’ve got a small, fixable problem, people will rush to...”
— Seth’s Blog: Enormity (via...

testingdistance: Somali pirates version of the treasure...