brelson.com » links http://www.brelson.com the long-form thoughts of brendan nelson Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:03:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 damn it’s cold… nearly hit this on the motorway on Twitpic http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/damn-its-cold-nearly-hit-this-on-the-motorway-on-twitpic/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/damn-its-cold-nearly-hit-this-on-the-motorway-on-twitpic/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:03:41 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1510 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
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@matlock on Twitter
@matlock: damn it’s cold… nearly hit this on the motorway http://t.co/0FL0ccmk

@fulljames on Twitter
@fulljames: damn it’s cold… nearly hit this on the motorway http://t.co/0FL0ccmk

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@meeware on Twitter
@meeware: damn it’s cold… nearly hit this on the motorway http://t.co/0FL0ccmk

@herbkim on Twitter
@herbkim: damn it’s cold… nearly hit this on the motorway http://t.co/0FL0ccmk

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]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/damn-its-cold-nearly-hit-this-on-the-motorway-on-twitpic/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/16998563@N05/6810046585/in/set-7215… http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/httpwww-flickr-comphotos16998563n056810046585inset-7215/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/httpwww-flickr-comphotos16998563n056810046585inset-7215/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:48:56 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1508 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
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]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/httpwww-flickr-comphotos16998563n056810046585inset-7215/feed/ 0 EP001 with E.R.P, El Camino, Plant43, Teflon Jacke - http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/ep001-with-e-r-p-el-camino-plant43-teflon-jacke/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/ep001-with-e-r-p-el-camino-plant43-teflon-jacke/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:03:29 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1506 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
Bleep43 Recordings – EP w/ E.R.P. – El Camino, Plant43 – Teflon Jacket, Orphan – View from Delfgauw, Jo Johnson – Coarse Materials (BLEEP43EP001)

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@steliosilent on Twitter
@steliosilent: Bleep43 EP001 re-cut by Dubplates & Mastering | ERP, Plant43, Oprhan & Jo Johnson | Waiting list http://t.co/5Qyam6I4

@bleep43 on Twitter
@bleep43: EP001 with E.R.P, El Camino, Plant43, Teflon Jacke – http://t.co/W8OQH9Do

@VideoNasty on Twitter
@VideoNasty: Bleep43 EP001 re-cut by Dubplates & Mastering | ERP, Plant43, Oprhan & Jo Johnson | Waiting list http://t.co/5Qyam6I4

@dan_bean on Twitter
@dan_bean: [protected tweet]

@bleep43 on Twitter
@bleep43: Bleep43 EP001 re-cut by Dubplates & Mastering | ERP, Plant43, Oprhan & Jo Johnson | Waiting list http://t.co/5Qyam6I4

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]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/ep001-with-e-r-p-el-camino-plant43-teflon-jacke/feed/ 0 Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers, says controversial study | Mail Online http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/right-wingers-are-less-intelligent-than-left-wingers-says-controversial-study-and-conservative-politics-can-lead-people-to-be-racist-mail-online/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/right-wingers-are-less-intelligent-than-left-wingers-says-controversial-study-and-conservative-politics-can-lead-people-to-be-racist-mail-online/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:19:05 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1500 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
Conservative politics, as practiced by the likes of British PM David Cameron, work almost as a ‘gateway’ into prejudice against others, academics claim.

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@dustybay on Twitter
@dustybay: Don't listen to the right wingers on #bbcqt tonight, they're stupid, that's fact, according to the Mail: http://t.co/e3lxqb54

@highburyonfoot on Twitter
@highburyonfoot: #BreakingNews #Tories are less intelligent than left wingers, says study – … http://t.co/QdLf6E0T #Occupylondon #ukuncut Everyone RT!

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@qwghlm on Twitter
@qwghlm: Wonderful. For the first time in my life, I believe something the Daily Mail tells me http://t.co/C646kpE4 (via @jamesrbuk)

@nevali on Twitter
@nevali: Daily Mail: “Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers” http://t.co/xwZXqVuJ Comments will be epic.

]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/right-wingers-are-less-intelligent-than-left-wingers-says-controversial-study-and-conservative-politics-can-lead-people-to-be-racist-mail-online/feed/ 0 Top five regrets of the dying | Life and style | guardian.co.uk http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying-life-and-style-guardian-co-uk/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying-life-and-style-guardian-co-uk/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:19:00 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1498 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
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- Susie Steiner
A nurse has recorded the most common regrets of the dying, and among the top ones is ‘I wish I hadn’t worked so hard’. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?
There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in particular, is ‘I wish I hadn’t worked so hard’.
Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent  show all text

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@timcaynes on Twitter
@timcaynes: “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard” and other regrets from the dying: http://t.co/hXNGum4H might still have time to avoid these

@umairh on Twitter
@umairh: Will stop you in your tracks. Eudaimonia 101. RT @lucymarcus: Food for thought: Top five regrets of the dying, Guardian http://t.co/nMkV1IJb

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@garretkeogh on Twitter
@garretkeogh: This getting a lot of links and rightly so: Top five regrets of the dying http://t.co/yTZMeA6T

@francesbell on Twitter
@francesbell: “I wish that I had let myself be happier” Wow! RT @heloukee: Top five regrets of the dying http://t.co/HO70jzM3 via @guardian

@graemedouglas on Twitter
@graemedouglas: It’s probably my hormones, but I found this rather devastating: Top five regrets of the dying http://t.co/Nbk43CWF

@stuheritage on Twitter
@stuheritage: Top 5 dying regrets. Weirdly, they’re not ‘I wish I hadn’t eaten that acid’ & ‘I suppose punching that bear was daft’ http://t.co/TywGuZlG

]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying-life-and-style-guardian-co-uk/feed/ 0 Some more background reading on the Apple Store http://www.brelson.com/2011/02/some-more-background-reading-on-the-apple-store/ http://www.brelson.com/2011/02/some-more-background-reading-on-the-apple-store/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:26:21 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=925 A few weeks ago I wrote a post about the design strategy of Apple’s store on Regent Street. I was interested in how, by stripping out money and its visual signifiers, Apple were deliberately creating a space where a direct and emotional connection could form between visitors and the products.

Anyway, here are a few links about the Apple Store that I thought I’d post up here, in case anyone’s interested.

  • Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is the firm of architects that has designed Apple stores across the globe. Their approach to the Regent Street store was to “edit distracting elements from the visual field” to create a serene environment in which “Apple’s products gracefully assume center stage”.
  • The Atlantic reported in October last year that more than 74.5 million people had visited one of the 317 Apple stores across the world in the preceding quarter, setting a new record for footfall in retail.
  • Back in 2009, Social Episodes wrote about the Apple Store customer experience far more extensively than I did, relating it to six “laws” of customer service. I like the story of the Apple staff keeping their cool when, after spending lots of time with a customer complaining about iTunes syncing, they discovered that he didn’t even have it installed on his PC.

    • So whatever Apple is doing with its retail stores, it’s obviously doing it well.

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  • Bettween | The Ultimate Twitter Conversation Tracker
    Website that digs up and displays conversations between any two Twitter users. Handy for stalking & memory-jogging. I like the fact that it bugs you for money while loading up tweets.
    (tags: twitter tools)
  • T-Mobile shares some Android statistics, will soon support carrier billing
    T-Mobile (US) have released Android statistics. myTouch owners seem keen on browsing, apps and so on – 80% of them use the browser once a day, and 66% use it more than once a day. Indicates that smartphone buyers make good use of their features
    (tags: mobile android)
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  • Internet Memes
    Visual timeline of internet meme history, to before the creation of the first emoticon. If you ask me, though, the fun doesn't really begin until 1990 when the term Godwin's Law was first coined. Of course everything went haywire in 1993 once Eternal September began.
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  • A List Apart: Articles: The Myth of Usability Testing
    Since 1998 Rolf Molich's work has indicated that usability experts rarely form consensus views. His Comparative Usability Evaluations show that different teams will identify different issues, and their findings rarely overlap. Does this reflect flaw in methodology, or something more basic?
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  • The Scoop on Content Strategy: An Interview with Kristina Halvorson :: UXmatters
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