First thing in the morning, even before checking email, spend an hour getting your most important task done. 10 tips for time management in a multitasking world ยป Brazen Careerist… Read the rest
Year: 2006 (Page 3 of 29)
Groups of people are uncannily accurate at guessing the number of beans in a jar, the weight of a steer, and the like. In fact, the bigger the group, the more accurate its collective guess — a principle known as the Condorcet Jury Theorem.… Read the rest
This interactive Google Maps mashup shows how much different parts of the world will get flooded by a 1-7 1-14 meter rise in sea level. Navigate to the part you’re interested in and tell the app how much to raise the ocean, and a blue overlay covers up the parts that will get inundated.… Read the rest
Most shocking thing I learned last weekend: A huge Antarctic ice shelf disintegrated over a 35-day period in 2002, much to the surprise of the scientists tracking it. This shelf, designated Larsen B, was about 700 feet thick and covered 3,500 square km — about the area of Rhode Island.… Read the rest
“It’s not theism that we should object to, it’s gnosticism.” My letter to Wired regarding their recent “New Atheism” feature: Letters – From Dylan Tweney… Read the rest
Advice for someone who wants to be an artist: “Fear is not very useful. … Just take the leap and avoid wrapping the whole thing up with your identity and sense of self worth. Be as positive and outgoing and productive as possible.… Read the rest
Elliott Malkin makes high-tech religious art — like a crucifix made of circuit boards that broadcasts the Lord’s Prayer, using your body as its antenna. Intriguing intersection of religion and tech: Interview with Elliott Malkin… Read the rest
What I think of as the Microsoft approach to product development is to cram as many features as possible into each product. Interface is an afterthought: All those features exist primarily for the benefit of the feature list, not the user, so who cares if the feature is buried three menu levels deep?… Read the rest
What does your computer do when it’s asleep? Well, if you’re the giving type, it might be searching for intelligent life in the universe, helping find a cure for schizophrenia, or perhaps trying to fold some proteins.
Scott Draves has a different idea.… Read the rest
Making’s the new thinking: russell davies: how to be interesting… Read the rest
