August 2010
“When the tempo slowed, so did their pedaling and their entire affect. Their...”
– Phys Ed: Playing Music During Exercise - NYTimes.com
“Celebrity endorsements have been popular for a long time, but fashion experts...”
– What Are the Limits of Unbranding? - NYTimes.com
“…throws away bias and stops cheering for one outcome over another and...”
– Seth’s Blog: Monitoring your internal monologue
“Or can we simply design things that people use and want? Is it good enough to...”
– What if health solutions are unmeasurable?
“By 1998, Yahoo was the beneficiary of a de facto Ponzi scheme. Investors were...”
– What Happened to Yahoo
“Ever wonder what your pet is doing while your away? Whenever your dog moves or...”
– Puppy Tweets™ - it’s a toy from Mattel. (via iamdanw)
“Unless you’re an uncommon tightwad, shopping produces a pleasurable sensation in...”
– The Genius of QVC - Magazine - The Atlantic
“…we generally despise and deny our own mistakes and disparage those of...”
– The United Mistakes of America - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
WatchAs explained in a recent TED talk, Iyengar found that a culture’s views on choice affect task performance, decision-making, and happiness. While Asian-American children perform best in mom-chosen tasks, Anglo-American children perform best when they choose their own tasks. (via How Culture Influences Decision-Making - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com)
“Christopher Honts and coauthors gave 12 groups of four people a task to...”
– Dogs for Everyone? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“…eventually did recruit the subjects he needed for the study, comparing...”
– Rational Arguments — Evidence Is Only Part of the Story | Miller-McCune Online
“Whether or not the “do something, anything” approach is effective, aggressive...”
– Rational Arguments — Evidence Is Only Part of the Story | Miller-McCune Online
“If there’s one thing we should all take to heart, it’s that humans are strange:...”
– ignore the code: Opinions vs. Data
“A brand new iPod Touch’s chrome back is lovely. It’s a cool, worn pebble...”
– John Kestner. Honest objects. | Social Networks for Lonely Objects: the novelization
“Generating civil things is the act of a designer. Civility is the humanity which...”
– John Kestner. Honest objects. | Social Networks for Lonely Objects: the novelization
John Kestner. Honest objects. | Social Networks... →
The next computing experience will consist of familiar objects working in social networks—creating a simple, yet flexible, translucent human interface.
“One person shared that they have generally found a pattern that products become...”
– Creative Deconstruction: Why Dell’s Designers Tear Apart Their Own Computers | Fast Company (via iamboz)
“It’s no use spending time, money, or effort to entice people into a product or...”
– northtemple - It’s no use spending time, mone…
“One airline (that shall remain nameless) told us recently that they “caught”...”
– Nudge blog · How one call center uses anchoring in its customer service
Was There a Canseco Effect? →
“Upon further examination, I believe the significant effect on home runs after playing with Canseco identified in the Gould and Kaplan study is a product of spurious correlation, and thus this tells us little about Canseco impact on disseminating steroids throughout baseball.”
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“This is the kind of PR that money just can’t buy. No multi-million dollar...”
– Dana White: The People’s Executive - Bloody Elbow
“What’s great about looking at your work is the emotion comes back. The emotion...”
– Bruce Davidson, in an interview with the New York Times (via caseyagollan)
“Focusing on the power-positions players—catcher, first base, outfield, and...”
– Jose Canseco always made his teammates better power hitters. Can statistics be used to find juicers? - By Ray Fisman - Slate Magazine
“The Americans with Disabilities Act is famous for being the inspiration behind...”
– Anil Dash, Ability Maps, #deaf Mayors and $1000 Strollers (via caseyagollan)
“It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account...”
– Hofstadter’s Law (via lab111)
“When an oil worker told investigators on July 23 that an alarm to warn of...”
– For No Signs of Trouble, Kill the Alarm - NYTimes.com 