by Tom | Jun 24, 2009 | IT
Fair points from Nielsen: how easy is it for someone to look over my shoulder when I’m tapping in my password into SplashID on my phone? Not very: which is why it has a show password option. Why shouldn’t this be the default on the web. To work...
by Tom | Jun 23, 2009 | Reading
NY schools find a substantial jump in grades after they pay school kids for results. I can see why this might seem shocking to some (”learning should be its own reward”) but if it works and is cost-effective (better engagement, lower drop outs and...
by Tom | Jun 23, 2009 | IT
Interesting that Google uses a substantial number of human searchers to ensure that its results continue to be of high quality. How could you open source the data deriving from this kind of process? Not part of Google’s business model, but good for anyone else...
by Tom | Jun 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Bad stats, maybe. As Ben says, home taping didn´t do it, neither recordable CDs and nor will the internet. As I keep banging on about (and now the research supports): we want to pay for music, not for music companies. As Charles Dunstone says: you can´t...
by Tom | Jun 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Interesting graph plotting followers vs Tweet volume. Looks like there are three clear phases: 1) use it to tweet a "what is this for" message and then nothing, 2) put a few updates a day on (from a blog maybe) and 3) a fairly steady ramp up after 800...
