by Tom | Feb 28, 2006 | Reading
Mind Hacks links to discussion of eBay auction silliness. In trials, people prefer to pay $5+$6 shiping for a CD than $10 for a CD with free shipping. It was a controlled trial:multiple auctions with different price-postage ratios revealed a net preference for low...
by Tom | Feb 27, 2006 | Reading
Yet more funked up subway maps.
by Tom | Feb 27, 2006 | Reading
Democracy TV looks like a nice integration of Bittorrent and RSS to get channels to you for watching when you want. On the other side of the media, FluidEffect has a useful before/after feature in its portfolio to show you quite how much photoshopping we don’t...
by Tom | Feb 24, 2006 | Reading
I’m quoted in a news piece about wikis.
by Tom | Feb 24, 2006 | Reading
Apparently waving your hands more equals better (more effective) teaching.
by Tom | Feb 23, 2006 | Reading
An interesting look from the economist’s point of view at some libertarian questions:Do you think a minimum wage is an effective way to help the poor? [Answer: No]Do you think wealth accumulation is the result of exploitation? [Answer: Not always]Do you see...
