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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Identifying what we value and what we fear
On any given day in the US in 2008 an average of about 148,000 people will die. Yawn. As the population swells it will grow larger. Yawn. As the population struggles with food, water, disease, contamination and war, those numbers … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, media, politics
Tagged behavior, complexity, conditioning, consequences, fear, home, learning, magical thinking, office, politics, questioning, Statistics, superstition, training, value
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YIKES! Again… another data point in the abyss…
Elliot Masie – a corporate learning impresario has asked on his site www.learningtown.com : What “Learning” lessons can we learn from the current U.S. Democratic Primaries? What are your perspectives? Note: Keep this focused on the lessons .. not a … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, media, politics, social networks, Uncategorized
Tagged context, corporate babble, education, learning, politics, training
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More on I Can Haz Cheezburger
Wired has a nice highlight of the people behind I Can Haz CheezBurger. They also produce this hilarious site. Icanhazcheezburger.com gets “2 million pageviews and about 8,000 submissions daily.” I already pointed out the crazy economics of this and how … Continue reading
The Apple Experience
I’m now the owner of a fancy macbook. Here are some notes on my apple buying and using experience. Mac and Apple stores definitely have a distinct smell to them. It’s been reported by many on the internet and as … Continue reading
Posted in apple, Computers, Hardware, mac
Tagged apple, apple store, mac, mac store, microsoft
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Applications Optional: Empirical Convergence of Learning and Performance
Well, are we all amused…? You know, things going your way, life better than it was a decade ago or at least a couple of birthdays ago…? Today it’s… The Pope The Supremes (Court that is…) Playoffs – pick … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, economics, politics
Tagged baby-boomers, business, change, conditioning, employees, employers, gaps, learning, performance, testing, training
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Behavior Experiment Software
Looking for some software to control your behavior experiments? Here ya go. Delphi 5, sweet. Now there’s a language on a different schedule.
Posted in analysis of behavior, data mining, social networks
Tagged delphi, eab software, experimental control
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Tax Day 2008 – post 1
So… there’s this tax gap of $290 billion. Yup, each year taxpayers underpay what is legally owed by $290 billion. Think that correlates at all with the growth of tax law which required only 4 pages in 1945 to explain … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, economics, government, politics, taxes
Tagged april 14, federal tax, form 1040, income tax, IRS, taxes, taxes 2008
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…sect conditioned girls from birth
Polygamist sect conditioned girls from birth Washington Times - 1 hour ago By Valerie Richardson The 16-year-old girl whose phone call led to the massive raid on a West Texas polygamist compound was repeatedly beaten and sexually abused by her much-older … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, media, religion
Tagged abuse, behavior, polygamist, religion, texas
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MSN/Live.com Search – Pathetic
Here’s why Microsoft can’t beat Google: http://find.msn.com/search.aspx?q=NFL+division+title&c=0115+NFL+division+title&form=MSNH1 a) Why is John Legend pulled up above the fold on this return? b) Why is this a “Hot Search” featured on MSN.com portal’s homepage? c) Live/Msn/Microsoft – which interface should I be … Continue reading
