Understanding Understanding

Excellent article citing psychologoical studies and real-life experience to show why “Attractive things work better,” and therefore why design is crucial.

Jonathan Mann music video about the torture memos in language taken directly from them. http://tinyurl.com/caemjm

Study finds pirates 10x more likely to buy music

Surowieki asserts that, historically, companies that invest in advertising during a depression pull ahead — way ahead — of their competitors.

Funny spoof on Twitter journalists by Garry Trudeau in this week’s New Yorker.