Feb 21 2009

Is difficult better?

Is difficult better? Study reveals we tend to ignore simple items while pursuing goals

Also from the article: “The authors suggest that when we have goals, we need to be careful as we consider just how useful certain actions and products will be in helping us meet those goals – and that difficult is not necessarily better.” – this explains lots of failures, doesn’t it? ;)


Feb 21 2009

Link:Making sense of sentences (research)

How we think before we speak: Making sense of sentences

Important research result – especially for people teaching/learning languages and communication experts!


Feb 20 2009

Comment from MindHacks

The Psychologist on stigma, statistics and S&M

Splendid comment to yesterday’s news on social media increasing social isolation. Showing how you can make “news” out of everything by changing data or choosing the one to expose… As @SignalPatterns commented on Twitter: “Many people cling to correlations and neglect causality”. And the result is: “as if” science :(


Feb 19 2009

Music Sharing on Twitter

Here areFour Free Sites to Share Your Music On Twitter [via feedly/ makeuseof.com]. My favourite Grooveshark mentioned as the first one there! :-)


Feb 19 2009

Days of Battle Against IE6

Norway Does Battle with IE6, Twitter Tracks It [via feedly]