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“…tracked people’s phones at Gunwharf Quays, a large retail and leisure centre in Portsmouth—not by monitoring calls, but by plotting the positions of handsets as they transmit automatically to cellular networks. It found that when dwell time rose 1% sales rose 1.3%.”
—The way the brain buys (via azspot)
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“I think the real value would be in a mobile tuning fork’s ability to reduce options to the things that you really need based on your your current environment. It could simplify menu options based on context and provide an intuitive interface that is sensitive to the environment.”
—Mobile Tuning Fork (via danw)
“The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight agianst the ugliness.”
—Massimo Vignelli (via lab111)
“Google and Wikipedia are already brain extenders. You can find almost any information you want and quickly. But imagine how much cooler it would be if your iPhone headset was continuously monitoring your conversations and answering your questions as they arise, or whispering suggestions in your ear. That application seems likely to me.”
—Scott Adams (via azspot)
“Bar owners, patrons and even members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving are scratching their heads over Metro light rail’s decision to put the trains to bed at 11 p.m. rather than running them past 2 a.m. when bars close. Starting Monday, the last trains on most nights will finish around 11:45 p.m. Some say it doesn’t make a lot of sense.”
—Phoenix light rail won’t be running when the bars close
“Among those inclined to pay the bill in full, the presence of the minimum payment hardly made any difference. However, those who wanted to pay just part of it handed over 43 percent less on average when presented with a minimum payment. In the real world, this would roughly double interest charges.”
—The Fiendish Genius of Credit-Card Minimum Payments - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
