December 2010
55 posts
“One obvious result of this practice was that when Yahoo built things, they often...”
– What Happened to Yahoo
“Hard as it is to believe now, the big money then was in banner ads. Advertisers...”
– What Happened to Yahoo
“The Liberal Democrats have stuck by the coalition and voted to raise tuition....”
– Why Brits finally started freaking out about government cuts.
“[They] cite a 2007 study that found that 47 percent of those who suffered a...”
– How businesses cope with rage-filled customers.
“Leave early enough to be missed but stay long enough to be remembered.”
– The Barstool Romantic:
“Women are made to be loved not understood.”
– Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband
“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.”
– ~Charles F. Kettering (via theimpossiblecool)
“a planner’s role is to understand & empathise with human responses to...”
– Stephen King in a few paragraphs over at TIGS
“If you don’t buy a new dress every party season then magazines won’t...”
– The Guardian
“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t...”
– John Waters
“Behavioural economics shows by and large that every decision people make… is...”
– The behavioural economics of free media
“Sigmund Freud is mostly remembered for his work on penis and vagina, but one of...”
– The Last Psychiatrist
“Another example of inadvertent intrusion: I once used a computer belonging to...”
– Charlie Brooker | By 2022, there’ll be a naked photo of everyone on the planet lurking somewhere in the interverse
“one immediately gets the sense that the solution to “too many choices” isn’t...”
– An Experiment In “Choice Architecture” Exposes Ideas Around Consumer Decision-Making
“CBS’s Social Media point man, Joe Akbrud, compares the new Facebook layout to...”
– Facebook’s Latest Redesign: Breaking The Ice Online -
“Mason began in his home city of Chicago, where he felt like he was stuck in a...”
– John Gerzema: The Next Market: Value & Values - PSFK
“Few know Groupon evolved out of an earlier effort called Thepoint.com, which...”
– John Gerzema: The Next Market
“No, nothing has ever gotten worse. Everything has always gotten better forever...”
– Peering At The Future: Jesse Schell Speaks
“it’s not always like “Oh my God. I see this distant future vision....”
– Peering At The Future: Jesse Schell Speaks
“They think of games like a car that’s driving from town to town....”
– Peering At The Future: Jesse Schell Speaks
“I’m looking at growth areas. When you look at the future of social games...”
– Peering At The Future: Jesse Schell Speaks
“I have nothing against working long hours to improve the creative work – most...”
– Right. Let’s sort this fucking thing out once and for all.
“I know of a creative team who have gained a D&AD nomination in the both of...”
– Right. Let’s sort this fucking thing out once and for all.
“Ads are worse than they used to be: 2010 is the third straight year without a...”
– Right. Let’s sort this fucking thing out once and for all.
“none of the ‘reviews’ were about the music. Every single one instead consisted...”
– Notes from Bedlam
“Then there’s the “Does what it says on the tin” people. Stop saying that,...”
– Notes from Bedlam