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kottke.org: Valve Software’s usual approach to building a creative business
kottke.org: Valve Software’s usual approach to building a creative business jkottke: Michael Abrash discusses how he came to work for Valve Software (he coauthored Quake with John Carmack back in the day) and, more interestingly, what Valve is like as a company. The idea that a 10-person company of 20-somethings in Mesquite, Texas, could get…
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Dr. Manhattan gets thirsty
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A New Microchip Knows Just Where You Are, Indoors and Out – Technology Review
A New Microchip Knows Just Where You Are, Indoors and Out – Technology Review techspotlight: Broadcom has just rolled out a chip for smart phones that promises to indicate location ultra-precisely, possibly within a few centimeters, vertically and horizontally, indoors and out. The unprecedented accuracy of the Broadcom 4752 chip results from the sheer breadth…
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Dr. Manhattan, frame 2
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Josh Clark vs. Jakob Nielsen
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nevver: David Lynch’s 10 Clues to Unlocking Mulholland Drive Pay particular attention in the beginning of the film: at least two clues are revealed before the credits. Notice appearances of the red lampshade. Can you hear the title of the film that Adam Kesher is auditioning actresses for? Is it mentioned again? An accident is…
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paperbits: Facetti was so inspired by Marber’s design that he also used it for Penguin’s fiction range, and would later apply it again, practically unchanged, to the blue Pelican books. Eventually Marber’s layout became the standard layout for the entire range of Penguin paperbacks. (via The History of the ‘Marber Grid’ – The Book Design…
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Do Students Really Have Different Learning Styles?
Do Students Really Have Different Learning Styles? infoneer-pulse: infoneer-pulse: Learning styles—the notion that each student has a particular mode by which he or she learns best, whether it’s visual, auditory or some other sense—is enormously popular. It’s also been thoroughly debunked. The scientific research on learning styles is “so weak and unconvincing,” concluded a group…
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The report demonstrates the effects of societal beliefs and the learning environment on girls’ achievements and interest in science and math. One finding shows that girls who believe that intelligence can expand with experience and learning tend to do better on math tests; these girls are also more likely to say they want to continue…