Links: A/B testing, Road safety, Where IT goes to die, The Cheapest Generation

  • 23 Tips on How to A/B Test Like a Badass – Really great article, mostly applicable to ecommerce sites but plenty of general ideas. I’d like to say I do this at work but unfortunately the culture isn’t there.
  • What an RAF pilot can teach us about being safe on the road – Interesting view on how easy it is for motorists just “not to notice” cyclists. I commonly see cyclists these days with flashing lights (front and back) turned on during the day to help improve their visibility.
  • The Cheapest Generation – How the consumer wants of young adults differe from those of the previous generation(s). Phones & Walkable neighbourhoods are in, Cars and big houses in the suburbs are no longer as important.
  •  Where IT goes to die – How large company/Enterprise IT works from an author with experience at smaller companies. He is accerate and it is not very pretty.
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Links: PIN numbers, Military leadership, Eggs, The Web stack

  • Analysis of PIN Numbers – What are the most and least common 4-digit PIN numbers?
  • General Failure – Does the US military no longer punish or demote bad generals? “A culture of mediocrity has taken hold within the Army’s leadership rank—if it is not uprooted, the country’s next war is unlikely to unfold any better than the last two.”
  • Why American Eggs Would Be Illegal In A British Supermarket, And Vice Versa – Different approaches to food safety in the US and Britain.
  • An Overview of the Web – What happens when your browser requests a web pagewebpage. A step by step though the various layers or computers, protocols and programs. Understandable buy someone a little technical.
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Links: Mars!, The cdbaby model, Robots, the rest of the world on the web

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Links: Weather Prediction, Advertising, 3rd world mobile web and Database failover

 

 

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Links: Density done well, schizophrenia, Olympics and Socialist networks

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Links: 8bit T2, IQ, Baby names, Low Power computers

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Links: CGI Screwups, Being in the band, How many servers does google have?

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Links: The Ritz, Startup myths, 78 sqft apartments, screenwriting

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Links: Blade runner in watercolour, caching, Flying cars, Prometheus

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