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Why do women become sex workers, and why do men go to them? (via @GuardianWeekend) #longreads - × × ×

(not yet read:) chimp females sometimes become sex workers, too. it's not only culture. - 9000

"Right now, Apple faces stiff competition. For all the bravado about 425,000 mobile apps or the billions and billions of mobile app downloads -- and even despite the amazing high-margin iOS products -- Android is the volume leader by a huge margin. Three days ago, Canalys reported that during second quarter, Android's global smartphone market share reached 48 percent. Growth rate was 379 percent year over year, and Android leads in 35 of the 56 countries Canalys tracks. According to Google, 39 manufacturers ship Android devices, which are available from 231 carriers globally. What Apple needs is time, particularly for iPad to push enough volume of apps and devices to secure permanent market share lead. iPad had 69 percent share of the tablet market, according to IDC. Patents are Apple's weapons of mass destruction, for clearing the way for its mobile device success." - × × ×

“In 2010, Apple became the largest company, as measured by market cap, and its revenue and profit now far exceed Microsoft. Apple no longer is the little Mac company everyone felt sorry for in the 1990s. David is now Goliath.” — или, как говорили у нас в тёмном замке, “Don't fight the dragon, be the dragon!” - × × ×

Someone in the UK should find a way to either take over the running of Schooloscope or fund @berglondon to keep it going: - × × ×

Touch Gesture Cards printed & cut: by @budesigns - × × ×

Drainspotting – a fascinating look at Japan's beautiful storm drain graffiti culture - × × ×

"The first ebook of the series is Phone Hacking: How the Guardian Broke the Story and is about how The Guardian uncovered the phone hacking done scandal carried out by News of the World. It is currently available on Kindle for £2.29 ($2.99) and the paper promises that an iTunes BookStore version is coming soon. The media company plans to “cover all subject areas in which the Guardian has expertise, ranging from current news topics and opinion pieces to the highlights of our writing on books, music, film, food, sport, business, travel, education and many more,” according to the product’s FAQ page. The Guardian will release “Guardian Shorts” ebooks several times per month, based on the news cycle. They will range from 5,000 to 30,000 words and cost between £1.99 and £3.99, while some will be free." #прокниги - × × ×

Они его обещают в баннерах, если будет не очень дорого, то и ура. (Как, однако, Оливер Буркман повлиял на лояльность к бренду! И как качественный контент зацепляет, несмотря на относительное отсутствие медийного засилия материалов из Гардиан, по сравнению с тем же Нью-Йорк Таймсом!) :) - × × ×

«Во-первых, мы плотно занялись «Этногенезом»: завели акаунт компании ООО «Этногезез» в AppStoreи переводим на него все уже вышедшие 8 книг-приложений: Маруся, Маруся 2, Маруся 3, Блокада, Блокада 2, Революция, Миллиардер, Сомнамбула. Кроме того, делаем большое приложение «Этногенез» для iPad, со своей читалкой, возможностью скачивания книг, аудиосериала, прослушивания музыки. Проект будет таким образом представлен не только как сайт и приложение ВКонтакте, но и в iPad. Причем, на всех трех платформах будет единая авторизация под своим акаунтом можно читать на сайте, потом слушать во ВКонтакте или на iPad. Сейчас тиражи бумажных книг серии превысили 2 млн и параллельно проект всегда продвигался в интернете. Было принято решение - перевести сериал на цифровые платформы и развить электронные продажи. Во-вторых, делаем приложение «Путинчесс», которое уже существует как приложение для соцсети «ВКонтакте». Третий проект мы делаем на заказ, и пока я не могу о нем распространяться. Могу сказать только, что это приложение для детей. На самом деле, мы бы хотели делать огромное количество детских проектов, но для этого нужны инвестиции - у нас есть только идеи и команда программистов.» - × × ×

«— Ваш прогноз по распространению смартфонов и планшетов на ближайшие 5 лет. — Ничего необычного: будет больше разных приложений и больше самих устройств. Все у кого есть деньги на iPad- его купят. Это удобнее, чем компьютер, чем ноутбук. Мне в семье остро не хватает одного iPad, нам нужно 3 - мне, ребенку и жене. И я знаю несколько семей, где идет постоянная битва за iPad.» - × × ×

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Three Questions for Effective Feedback - × × ×

«Дорогой город, перестань лезть в большие учебные проекты, займись инфраструктурой: связь, аренда, инвестиции, налоги, стимулирование миграции.» - × × ×

“The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore.” — “The Bloomberg administration should also consider investing in science and engineering education in our public schools -- particularly high schools -- and the existing universities. We should be supporting what's already working here in addition to building new institutions.” - × × ×

"Student Reactions: Mitchell found that the students in the iPad class were more motivated than those in the other classes. She thought that this might have been due to the difference in student perception of being a few chapters into the book and realizing that another 800 pages need to be completed, while the iPad class only saw what was relevant and didn't know that there was another ton of content to finish. The iPad students didn't give up as frequently and wound up being more focused on the task at hand both in class and in their homework. Not seeing how little they had accomplished near the start of the year was quite motivating to students in the test class. According to Mitchell, the iPad class students were far less intimidated by the content, and "they do better because they think they can do this." This attitudinal change wasn't apparent in the textbook classes. Students in those classes showed no change in attitude or motivation and just demonstrated a continuation of previous behavior. Mitchell found that one of the things the iPad won't do is to provide motivation by itself. “It does affect them most of the time, but it's not a magic wand.” #образование - × × ×

К нашему разговору с @novalty о том, что ответственная банда лиц, меняющих будущее образования, должна двигаться двумя направлениями: 1) создать несколько команд-центров разработки приложений под айпад и андроидные планшетки, 2) обеспечить закупку и распространение 1-2 миллионов айпадов первой версии, что одновременно создаст несуществующую инфраструктуру для их поддержки и обслуживания, и рынок приложений, и «креативную среду», будь она неладна. Самое смешное здесь — в том, что продвигать планшетки лучше всего выходит у таких же молодых людей, как те, кто будет ими пользоваться в основной массе. 3 млн. единиц — это 1,5 млрд баксов (40,5 млрд рублей), бюджет рособразования на 2011-2013 2 трлн. рублей. - × × ×

(Правда, здесь для сравнения нужно приводить не бюджетные строки, а суммы, которые распределяются через конкурсную систему на разработку учебных программ и учебников, которые оборачиваются водянистыми методичками на сорок страниц, при затратах порядка 12-20 миллионов, не считая безуспешные попытки по запуску образовательных порталов, которые неизменно кончаются позором.) - × × ×

What Kind of Misfit Are You? - × × ×

"The project in a nutshell: Today's learning happens everywhere, not just in the classroom. But it's often difficult to get credit for it. Mozilla and Peer 2 Peer University are working to solve this problem by developing an Open Badges infrastructure. Our system will make it easy for education providers, web sites and other organizations to issue badges that give public recognition and validation for specific skills and achievements. And provide an easy way for learners to manage and display those badges across the web -- on their personal web site or resume, social networking profiles, job sites or just about anywhere. The result: Open Badges will help learners everywhere unlock career and educational opportunities, and regonize skills that traditional resumes and transcripts often leave out." #проигры #игрофикация - × × ×

Вау - дмитрий песков

А есть подробности? - дмитрий песков

“So what is the purpose of the games in the battle arena? The training process Ender goes through accomplishes two things. First, the school allows him to explore and hone his military skills so that he can be at his absolute best. Second, it allows him to determine who is the best and most intelligent among his peers. Ender never wins a single battle by himself. His victories come from having a brilliant team that can obey and intuit his orders as well as invent and improve ideas on the fly. Because his teammates are so intelligent, Ender can focus on the strategy of the entire war, not on micromanaging every little battle. The conclusion seems obvious, more intelligent people is better. Intelligence within a group is cumulative, not competitive.” #образование - × × ×

ender's game theory - Иван

"A key measure of social progress is how accepting we are of different permutations of sexuality. Sexuality can get extremely complex. For those who think it’s only male or female, gay or straight, think again. Consider the following possible variables: # Male or Female (biological sex) # Homo or Hetero (sexual preference) # Cis or Trans (gender presentation) # Asexual or Hypersexual (libido level) # Mono or Poly (relationship structure) Each of these variables is not an either/or situation, but sits on a spectrum. So, if asked to self-identify, the question is not “are you asexual or hypersexual” but, “on a scale of one to ten, one being no sex drive, ten being perpetual, overwhelming sex drive, how would you rate your libido?” And a number in one variable might have no bearing on another. A binary is just not enough – there is a reason the rainbow is representative of the queer community." - × × ×

#волшебные_браузеры - × × ×

"But again, that’s not even the real story either. The real story is the number briefly highlighted in Dediu’s chart above, but more fully explored a few days ago here: Apple captured two thirds of available mobile phone profits in Q2. Take a moment to let that sink in. Apple now controls over 66 percent of all the profits amongst the major players in the mobile space. HTC, RIM, LG, Sony-Ericsson, Samsung Motorola, and Nokia combined for the other 33 or so percent of profits in the space (with a few of them: Nokia, Motorola, LG, and Sony actually losing money)." - × × ×

“Step with me, if you will, into my humble DeLorean, and travel back in history to that time you fell asleep in your design theory course. You didn’t need Gestalt theories, you thought. You already knew how to make a killer logo. You had more important things to do, like daydream about becoming Sagmeister’s next protegee. I hate to break it to you, but those fundamentals of perceptive organization go way beyond just making a pretty picture. In fact, they are the keystones of the cognitive-emotional-behavioral process, and understanding their practical application enables us to engineer more powerful user experiences.” - × × ×

How Short-Lived, Slow-Moving Companies Can Become More Like Fast, Creative Cities - × × ×

Why Your Passion for Work Could Ruin Your Career - × × ×

“I have spent almost my whole life– 31 years– caring far too much about offending people, worrying if I’m cool enough for them, or asking myself if they are judging me. I can’t take it anymore. It’s stupid, and it’s not good for my well being. It has made me a punching bag– a flighty, nervous wuss. But worse than that, it has made me someone who doesn’t take a stand for anything. It has made me someone who stood in the middle, far too often, and not where I cared to stand, for fear of alienating others. No more. Not today. Today, ladies and gentlemen, is different. We’re going to talk about the cure. We’re going to talk about what’s necessary. We’re going to talk about the truth. Do you wonder if someone is talking shit about you? Whether your friends will approve? Have you become conflict-avoidant? Spineless? Well, it’s time you started not giving a fuck.” - × × ×

Факты работают за счёт того, что служат основой для создаваемого мозгом субъективного понимания, и воспринимаются людьми именно как «нейтральный кусок знания». Для манипулятора здесь широкий фронт для работы с правильным порядком изложения, поворотом нужными гранями и управления рамкой (тем, какие вещи видны) и ракурсом (в каком виде видна ситуация и с какой стороны падает свет и где гравитация). - × × ×

Детали работают за счёт того, что они подменяют и «изображают» для аудитории фокус внимания. Это автоматически вводит в ментальную модель нужные акценты и подробности, оживляет её. По тем же причинам работает подмена памяти рекламой, ложная память возникающая при чужом пересказе. Кроме того, мозг заточен на поиск скрытых образов в стогу внешних стимулов, и ворох деталей очень мозгу помогает. - × × ×

Истории работают не просто «потому, что так интереснее» (почему интереснее именно истории?), а благодаря внутренней заточенности мозга и памяти на работу с повествованием, т.е. внутренне связанной последовательностью действий, наблюдений и событий. Проще говоря, мозг живёт историями. Поэтому при встрече с новой историей он испытывает меньшую «неестественную» нагрузку на сознание и мышление, которым в меньшей степени приходится разбираться в том, как что и с чем связано. Благодаря этому, отчасти, и возник жанр художественной литературы: в механизме мышления нет никаких средств для жёсткой проверки истинности событий, но есть чёткие шаблоны для восстановления «локально заданной логической системы» и дальнейшей проверки того, соответствует ли происходящее этому шаблону. #рассказывание_историй • #схватил_за_мозг - × × ×

"Running such a large number of drives, they’ve learned a few things. High infant mortality. They’ve taken to burning in new pods for several days before putting them into service due to infant mortality and the relative difficulty of replacing drives in the middle of the box. 5% annual failure rate. That’s across all drives, young and old, of their population of over 9,000 drives. And in 4 years they haven’t seen any drives die of old age. Hitachi’s HDS5C3030ALA630 drives have a sub-1% failure rate. The latest and greatest from Hitachi has worked for Backblaze. All parts come with a 3 year warranty. That means that other than labor, your maintenance is free for 3 years. Compare that to your BigCo service contract. Heat doesn’t correlate with drive failure. Some drives run hotter than others, but Backblaze hasn’t seen any increased failure rates because of it. That finding agrees with earlier research." - × × ×

Stop A/B Testing and Make Out like a Bandit... - × × ×