September 2009
“A study commissioned by the National Football League reports that Alzheimer’s...”
– Study Indicates Higher Rate of Dementia in Former N.F.L. Players - NYTimes.com
“The average cell phone bill for a working mom is $94, which is 21% higher than...”
– Working Moms Are the Mobile Power Users in the U.S.
“Tests done since 1933 show that people who talk about their intentions are less...”
– Shut up! Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them. | Derek Sivers
“If you are inundated with lots of brands vying for your attention, you will be...”
– Feeding the Puppy: Social media as speed dating
“You don’t have to like the coming era of hyper-measurement, but that...”
– Seth’s Blog: Everyone gets paid on commission
“On the average, the slow lines and lanes are the ones that have more people and...”
– Simple Statistics - Why Does the Other Line Move Faster — Simple Complexity
Windows 7 Launch Party screener survey: how not to... →
“Even in this self-selected group of Firefox tab users, most people use few (up...”
– ignore the code: How Many Tabs Do People Use? (Not Many.)
“While shopping recently at RadioShack, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was...”
– College Stars Run for Cover From Fans’ Hidden Cameras - NYTimes.com
“as Buffett was rushing out to a social engagement in Edmonton, Alberta, he got a...”
– Consequences of Mobile Phone Usability…big consequences — the Human Factors Blog
“The question is not “what should newspapers do?” but “how can a large...”
– Stop Giving the Newspapers Your Advice - They Don’t Need It - O’Reilly Radar
“I’ve never purchased diapers online, since my diaper purchases predate...”
– Seth’s Blog: Friction
“Under government insurance requirements, the maker of the PC, which ran ordinary...”
– Insurers Shun Multitasking Speech Devices - NYTimes.com
“Let’s start with the punch line – roughly 50% of people arriving at Firefox...”
– Cats Love Firefox Support | Blog of Metrics
“Less is more. Contact form conversions increased 120% when the number of fields...”
– Contact Form Study | Imaginary Landscape, LLC: Chicago Web Developer
“1. Injuries, or their absence, have a drastic effect on a team’s success.
2. A...”
– Keeping Score - Some N.F.L. Injuries May Hurt More Than Others - NYTimes.com
Headset Hotties →
“We used to listen to music in an entirely different way. There was once a time...”
– Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Radiohead: Kid A: Special Collectors Edition
“This means that in the past 20 months of UFC fights, a fighter who wore red...”
– Winners Wear Red - Especially in MMA - Bloody Elbow
“A team with a .600 winning percentage charges, on average, about $1.30 more for...”
– Can a Ballclub’s Record Justify Its Beer Prices? - WSJ.com
“One night, I had just such an epiphany. It would feed the hungry, put hair on...”
– Stop Losing Your Best Ideas
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be...”
– A design and usability blog: Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) (via iamboz)
“There are three fundamental quirks of human nature. We fall in love with what we...”
– Coding Horror: 9 Ways Marketing Weasels Will Try to Manipulate You
“The million-plus surveillance cameras that monitor London’s citizens haven’t...”
– Cameras or Cops? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“And while we sold a little harder—and offered an incentive at the back end—the...”
– A List Apart: Articles: Flywheels, Kinetic Energy, and Friction
brocatus:
I’ve just browsed my own tumblr for half an hour. Fucking love it. Best there is.
gladwell dot com - open secrets →
Enron, intelligence, and the perils of too much information.
“A rectangle with sharp edges takes indeed a little bit more cognitive visible...”
– Basement.org: Why Do We Love Rounded Corners? The Answer!
“If you are not bumping against questions that need answers or problems that need...”
– Interview: Sox, UX Director at Vimeo | Designer Break English (via wireframes)
50 things that are being killed by the internet -... →
