November 14, 2008
Johnny & the Nandoweb
November 12, 2008
“ Searching online is more efficient and following hyperlinks quickly puts researchers in touch with prevailing opinion, but this may accelerate consensus and narrow the range of findings and ideas built upon.
Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship by James A. Evans (via Frontal Cortex)
November 10, 2008
“ Nature, which is filled with intriguing stimuli, modestly grabs attention in a bottom-up fashion, allowing top-down directed-attention abilities a chance to replenish. Unlike natural environments, urban environments are filled with stimulation that captures attention dramatically and additionally requires directed attention (e.g., to avoid being hit by a car), making them less restorative.
“The Cognitive Benefits of Interacting with Nature,” Marc Berman, John Jonides and Stephan Kaplan
November 7, 2008
“ There is surprisingly little evidence that D.S.T. actually saves energy.
Matthew J. Kotchen and Laura E. Grant, “Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Indiana” (via Freakonomics)
November 6, 2008

The Sprint Now Widget

“ Strategy, too often, kills a deeply-lived sense of purpose, destroys credibility, and corrupts meaning.
Umair Haque, Obama’s Seven Lessons for Radical Innovators
November 2, 2008
(via catbird)
(via catbird)
October 31, 2008
Jared Diamond at TED on Why societies fail?.
The Lost Years and Last Days of David Foster Wallace→
Rolling Stone puts the entire DFW bio/rememberance online.

October 28, 2008

NYT Visualization Lab

The NYT w/IBM has created a tool that allows users to create visual representations of data and information, like charts, maps and other graphic presentations from data sets presented by Times editors.

I have always loved the NYT infographics - hopefully this will also become a repository for them.

NYT Visualization Lab