"Stick to Your Ribs" Posts — Introducing a Feature for Posts With Enduring Quality and Great Taste
A new feature for May — the weekly “Stick to Your Ribs” post will serve delicious favorites from our deep archives.
Positively Predictable — The Multiple Costs of Mindless Studies
The media’s flip coverage of science is certainly a problem — but atheoretical studies are a waste of everyone’s time.
Keynes vs. Hayek, Round 2: Top Down or Bottom Up?
This time, the winner is . . . just as ambiguous.
Concerns Over the Higher Education Bubble Continue to Grow and Evolve
The “education as financial bubble” meme is spreading, and new facts and comparisons are emerging.
Amazon Continues to Push Book Innovation With Library Lending and Ad-Supported Kindles
Amazon continues to leverage its platform advantages into the e-reading space — this time, with a smart library-oriented move and an equally smart move toward advertising and sponsorship.
Algorithmic Pricing on Amazon — Is a Book About Flies Worth $23,698,655.93 (plus shipping)?
Algorithmic pricing on Amazon creates a book worth millions, and the problem seems to be repeating itself.
Worried About Apathy in Modern Society? Maybe It's More About Information Design
Social and civic apathy may be more a result of sloppy or intentionally disenfranchising information design. For non-profits, learning how to overcome these may be a key to success.
Speed Climbing — A Dizzying Short Film
Enjoy light vertigo? Watch this full-screen.
Slicing and Dicing — Do Distinctions Between Users' Technologies Make Sense Anymore?
Does thinking about technology as something new and different gerrymander strategies and initiatives in unhelpful ways? Maybe we need to accept that the future has arrived for our users.
Reconsidering the Abstract — Are the Unintended Consequences Mounting?
The abstract is an element of scientific papers we take for granted. Is that a good idea in a networked information environment gravitating to usage-based measures?
Demographics In Question — Nielsen and CBS Seek to Rewrite Media Marketing Measures
A paradigm-shift in audience valuation may have major side-effects for journal advertising.
The Real Life Social Network — Facebook Has a Lot to Learn
Humans are better at socializing than the social Web’s design allows for. But new levels of sophistication may be coming.
Unicode, the Video — All 49,000+ Characters in 33 Minutes
The human capacity to make written symbols is truly astounding.
Is Higher Education the Next Bubble to Burst?
With escalating costs and questions about results, higher education is attracting skepticism from an Internet mogul who knows a bubble when he sees one.
The Kitchen Remodel — Which Sites Should Inspire Us?
We’re contemplating a remodel. What sites do you think we should take inspiration from?