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David Brooks writes about Genius - The Modern View whereby we leave the Romantic view of a genius inspired by divine spark, and take a more prosaic view -- that we learn to be geniuses by effort and application. He mentions two books that have been r
Posted: May. 4, 2009 11:55 AM
Early Birds and Night Owls
I knew it! Sent to me by ArtMusicLife on Twitter, some research on Early birds and night owls, which shows that in the morning both types have the same mental capacities, but towards evening, Night Owls stay more alert: So even though both grou
Posted: Apr. 22, 2009 03:20 PM
Hunch: what we're trying to do
We've been releasing a bunch of sexy Hunch data via the academic API, which has revealed all kinds of great, and often hilarious, correlations such as the fact that people who are frequently thrown out of bars for rowdy behavior have worn cufflinks
Posted: Apr. 21, 2009 03:27 PM
Three Smart Things About Sleeping Late
I found something I'd clipped out of a paper copy of Wired: Three Smart Things about Sleeping Late . I have a collection of these kinds of things, to arm myself for confrontations with readers of Poor Richard's Almanac. It's short, so I'll post t
Posted: Apr. 20, 2009 03:09 PM
Word of the Day: Perendinate
perendinate: To put off until the day after tomorrow. Useful!
Posted: Apr. 19, 2009 03:05 PM
Hunch data
We've been busy. Since we launched Hunch, over 4.3 million questions have been answered, counting both THAY questions (Teach Hunch About You) and topic question/answers. This is phenomenal, and gives us a ton of data to work with. In the past, stati
Posted: Apr. 16, 2009 04:34 PM
We Live In Public
Last night I saw one of the most disturbing movies that I've ever seen, We Live in Public by Ondi Timoner, which won the Grand Jury Prize for a US Documentary at Sundance, and which has not yet been released to general viewing. It's the story of Jo
Posted: Apr. 8, 2009 03:22 PM
Hunch!
We've started sending out invitations to friends and people who signed up on Hunch. We're going to be launching the full public site in the coming months, but for now -- invitations! What is Hunch? Look. Decision-making is difficult, and decisions h
Posted: Mar. 27, 2009 04:35 PM
Flickr Home Page, Circa 2004
This was a redesign of the start page I must have done @ May 2004, based on the date in the mockup or screenshot. Just found it on my server! You'll notice the grey background, which we eventually got rid of. Bit too fond of bgcolor and stroke
Posted: Mar. 26, 2009 11:02 PM
Contrade of Siena
People, especially Italians, especially (apparently) the Sienese, are so seeking of kinship and belonging, so clannish and teamclustering, it's awesome, almost an art form: Contrade of Siena These districts were set up in the Middle Ages in ord
Posted: Mar. 26, 2009 03:18 AM