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“There’s reason to believe that a seven-day week with a two-day weekend is an inefficient technology: A growing body of research and corporate case studies suggests that a transition to a shorter workweek would lead to increased productivity, improved health, and higher employee-retention rates.” - × × ×

“A Deeper Look At the Hottest Websites and Web Apps Today. ¶ Amazon, Kickstarter, AirBnB, Quora, LinkedIn, Eventbrite, Mailchimp, Asana - what web UI design patterns do they use and why? It’s all explained in this ebook.” - × × ×

IT’S ALL EXPLAINED [x] - × × ×

“Design Triggers comprise a collection of common psychological motivators, cognitive biases, and behavior patterns, you can use to plan entire workflows. We created this as a handy resource for you to explore options: How can you get people to sign up, act now, or otherwise engage with a website?” - × × ×

#тлента - × × ×

«С вами никто не делится» — https://friendfeed.com/uieoa... - × × ×

Три раза читала как "list of murdered people" и восторгалась чьей-то настойчивости. - smallq

"How a chicken farmer, a pair of princesses, and 27 imaginary spies helped the Allies win World War II." - × × ×

«Мэр и его команда (слева направо): Карл Сигурсон, «еврейка с грубоватым юмором» Эльза Йоман, басист хеви-метал-группы Оттар Проппе, бывший партнер по группе Bjork Эйнар Орн, Ева Эйнарсдоттир, Палл Хьялтсон, мэр Йон Гнарр, Хейда Кристин и «Князь тьмы» Бьёрн Блёндаль (крайний справа) в ратуше Рейкьявика» • #удивительные_истории - × × ×

Начать с дневников, потому что не даётся. Буллет, трейдинг, такое. Приеду — сделаю. - × × ×

(Заодно погоняю пока квестхаб в очередной раз, чтобы не ограничиваться моим любимым экраном Internal server error при авторизации твиттером) - × × ×

Четыре бутылки алкоголя (вино и ликёры), хамон, несколько упаковок сладостей, специи, масло, колбасы — и всё это умещается в сотню евро. • #пляжи2014 - × × ×

И тоник по .49 за банку (то есть, примерно втрое дешевле, чем в городе, почти по тайским ценам). - × × ×

В родном городе можно за 6 евро погрызть полкило тоскливого сервелата, а не хамон полупрозрачными ломтиками. - × × ×

Люди сидят в проходе, набиваются в салон из тамбура, потому что в тамбуре не работает кондиционер, такое. - × × ×

"последний аэроэкспресс на Константинополь" - pnd

В DME людей примерно везде столько. Очереди относительно быстрые, но явно час пик. Сидячие места только вдоль стен, все дела. - × × ×

"In 1930, John Maynard Keynes posed a question about the economic future of society: “What can we reasonably expect the level of our economic life to be, a hundred years hence? What are the economic possibilities for our grandchildren?” To Keynes, the answer was clear: the rapid accumulation of capital, combined with technological advances, had already, by his estimates, improved the average quality of life in the West fourfold since the Industrial Revolution, and there was no reason why that trend shouldn’t continue. “I would predict that the standard of life in progressive countries one hundred years hence will be between four and eight times as high as it is to-day,” he wrote. The potent combination of technology and capital would render most material-based concerns irrelevant; people would no longer have to worry about basic problems of survival. One result would be an unprecedented abundance of leisure time, which would present a new problem for the average human: “How to use his freedom from pressing economic cares, how to occupy the leisure, which science and compound interest will have won for him, to live wisely and agreeably and well.”" - × × ×

"Out of those ashes, Levison and others launched the Dark Mail project, which is developing Dime, a set of new email protocols its creators hope will revolutionize the way the world communicates online. “If I sound a little bit upset, it’s because I am,” Levison told a packed ballroom Friday at Defcon, a top hacker conference held annually in Las Vegas. “I’m not upset that I got railroaded and I had to shut down my business,” said Levison. “I’m upset because we need a Mil-Spec [military grade] cryptographic mail system for the entire planet just to be able to talk to our friends and family without any kind of fear of government surveillance." - × × ×

“The co-founders, brothers Mark and Ilja Terebin, have had a hands-off approach to the site, exerting little control over what occurred on the service. Only after facing a wave of media criticism did the two step in and hire more moderators to control negative activity. There are about 60 people at the company, half of them moderators.” - × × ×

“Most of the site’s users are in the United States, Mr. Leeds said, but Ask.fm also has a large presence in Europe, Russia and Brazil. ¶ The purchase comes with some strings attached. First founded in Riga, Latvia, four years ago, Ask.fm gained attention in recent years when it was linked to a spate of teen suicides. In the months leading up to the events, the teens had dealt with anonymous “cyberbullying” on Ask.fm, and a handful of them responded by threatening to take their own lives.” - × × ×

Как клонирование приводит к успеху. ) - × × ×

"The Dash smart driving assistant that made its debut earlier this year on Android has launched on iPhone answering one of the most frequently heard requests from its users. The Dash app, which is backed by Techstars New York, connects to any ODB-II dongle that you can get for your car (most cars made since 1996 should have one that’s easily accessible) providing feedback about your trips like fuel efficiency and even info about vehicle diagnostics." - × × ×

“Dash is optimized for U.S. use as of right now, and available only on the U.S. iTunes Store”. - × × ×

“THE MESSAGE ARRIVES on my “clean machine,” a MacBook Air loaded only with a sophisticated encryption package. “Change in plans,” my contact says. “Be in the lobby of the Hotel ______ by 1 pm. Bring a book and wait for ES to find you.” ¶ ES is Edward Snowden, the most wanted man in the world. For almost nine months, I have been trying to set up an interview with him—traveling to Berlin, Rio de Janeiro twice, and New York multiple times to talk with the handful of his confidants who can arrange a meeting.” - × × ×

"going through this archive using a sophisticated digital search tool, I could not find some of the documents that have made their way into public view" - Maхx Tee

(вот у кого tjournal учится "писать" длиннющие истории из пары фактов) - последние дни настали

"If you want to be more productive and creative, and to have more energy, the science dictates that you should partition your day into project periods. Your social networking should be done during a designated time, not as constant interruptions to your day. ¶ Email, too, should be done at designated times. An email that you know is sitting there, unread, may sap attentional resources as your brain keeps thinking about it, distracting you from what you’re doing. What might be in it? Who’s it from? Is it good news or bad news? It’s better to leave your email program off than to hear that constant ping and know that you’re ignoring messages. ¶ Increasing creativity will happen naturally as we tame the multitasking and immerse ourselves in a single task for sustained periods of, say, 30 to 50 minutes. Several studies have shown that a walk in nature or listening to music can trigger the mind-wandering mode. This acts as a neural reset button, and provides much needed perspective on what you’re doing." • #схватил_за_мозг - × × ×

/* the thing I intuitively knew since high school */ - 9000

"Apple may well be the only tech company on the planet that would dare compare itself to Picasso. In a class at the company’s internal training program, the so-called Apple University, the instructor likened the 11 lithographs that make up Picasso’s “The Bull” to the way Apple builds its smartphones and other devices. The idea: Apple designers strive for simplicity just as Picasso eliminated details to create a great work of art." - × × ×

"Hamm, look, I'm Picasso!" – "I don't get it." – "You uncultured swine!" (q) - кот от котов

А чо, правда, что Эпол — единственная компания, в которой фраза "product design" - не ругательная? - социальный груффало

“Prescience can be tedious for science-fiction writers. Being proven right about a piece of technology or a trend distracts from the main aim of the work: to show us how we live now. William Gibson knows this as well as anyone. Since the late 70s, the American-born novelist has been pulling at the loose threads of our culture to imagine what will come out. He has been right about a great deal, but mainly about the shape of the internet and how it filters down to the lowest strata of society.” • #прокниги ∙ #gibsonesque - × × ×