September 2008
52 posts
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Study of User Response to Fake Dialogs
Ars reports on a study by the psychology department at NC State that will appear in the Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. The study tested how college students respond to fake dialog boxes in browser popup windows and found that the students are so anxious to get the dialog out of the way, they click right through obvious warning signs.
Follow-up questions revealed that...
“It’s my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need...”
– Obama, while discussing McCain’s drop-out strategy
““Are you saying Gordon that greed is not good?”
“I’m...”
– Trying to ask Michael Douglas for advice about the financial crisis
EXCLUSIVE: LETTERMAN MOCKS MCCAIN CANCELLATION
http://drudgereport.com/flash3cbm.htm Wed Sep 24 2008 17:41:58 ET
David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy. Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said,...
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“Good ideas do not need lots of lies told about them in order to gain public...”
– Good ideas and lies - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog
“what’s more interesting — and easier — is making money again of something that...”
– Making money twice - (37signals)
“• Publish all software submitted to Apple, as long as the software isn’t...”
– Call Me Fishmeal.: iPhone App Store: Let the Market Decide
He does not forgive, he does not forget, his group... →
“Don’t forget, culture is oxygen. We have to protect it and [spending on...”
– globeandmail.com: ‘Culture is oxygen. We have to protect it’
“Don’t hide your light under a bushel.”
– Andrea Scott (September 23, 2008)
“It’s just a faster-looking steed”
– Brand New: Badass Pony
“The best designs are those that dissolve into behavior”
– Thoughts From Web 2.0 NYC at Experience Matters
10 tips to managing creative environment
Twitter updates from Armano attending the Web2.0 conference. I believe from this:
http://en.oreilly.com/webexny2008/public/schedule/speaker/1597
Tip#11 “Celebrate failure” learn from what didn’t work—they will positively influence the things that do.
I missed 10. oops.
Tip#9. “generate projects around creative interests” encourage team members to work on side...
“Before you begin hanging around with white people, you should know that all...”
– #109 The Onion « Stuff White People Like
Rules for computing happiness
Software
# Use as little software as possible.
# Use software that does one thing well.
# Do not use software that does many things poorly.
# Do not use software that must sync over the internet to function.
# Do not use web applications that should be desktop applications.
# Do not use desktop applications that should be web applications.
# Do not use software that isn’t made...
Twitter is Penis →
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that the...”
– James Nicoll (b. 1961), “The King’s English”, rec.arts.sf-lovers, 15 May 1990 (via Ash)
“Bill, you’ve connected over a billion people. I can’t help wondering...”
– from the CP&B Microsoft ads
“Homer: You’re Darryl Strawberry.
Darryl: Yes?
Homer: You play right field....”
– The Simpsons, Homer at the Bat (via markn) (via willw)
“I need to know if she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. That’s...”
– Matt Damon, regarding Sarah Palin possibly becoming President (via maniacalrage)
“Both candidates claim to support transparency in government, but only one...”
– The geeks guide to the presidential candidates
This is a brilliant Idea. Dear Adobe. New... →
WatchMovie Poster Floating Heads (via J. Lloyd)
Personal voice, unobtrusive design
“I adore it when people tell me that Flickr makes them feel a certain way. From the outset, I worked hard to make the site seem as if there was a person behind the screen talking to you. As we churned out pages to piece the site together, I obsessed about copy all over the place to make Flickr sound human. From the labels on submit buttons—“Get in there!” to log in, to the copy that shows up...
Representing Culture
“We needed a way to represent the culture of the place. So, as I sat on a train for several mornings with Heather Champ, Flickr’s very own community manager, we tossed back and forth The Thirteen-Or-So Commandments. Of course, they weren’t actually commandments, but rather guidelines that we wanted all our new members to at least skim. My personal favorite—”Don’t Be Creepy: You know the guy....