Protected bike lanes are the latest approach US cities are taking to help their residents get around by bike. But these protected lanes lose their buffer separation at intersections, reducing the comfort and safety for people riding.
The Secret History of Hypertext
Historians of technology often cite Bush’s essay as the conceptual forerunner of the Web. And hypertext pioneers like Douglas Engelbart, Ted Nelson, and Tim Berners-Lee have all acknowledged their debt to Bush’s vision. But for all his lasting influence, Bush was not the first person to imagine something like the Web.
via The Secret History of Hypertext – Alex Wright – The Atlantic.
This Is Your Brain on E-Books
When we read on dead trees, do we retain more?
Providing Predictable Targets
Three principles form a foundation to the graphical user interface: Discoverability, Stability, and Visibility.
Book Publishers Scramble to Rewrite Their Future
While working in a bookstore in Boone, North Carolina, back in 2011, a 36-year-old college dropout named Hugh Howey started writing a series of sci-fi novellas called Wool. His stories were set in a postapocalyptic world where all human survivors live in an underground silo, a microsociety where resources are so scarce that one person has to die before another can be born. Howey had already published a book with a small press, but he wanted to retain creative control, and he didn’t want to go through the arduous process of finding an agent. So he decided to put out the new books himself, selling digital downloads and print editions through Amazon. In the first six months he sold 14,000 copies. Each new installment met with immediate enthusiasm. Within hours he’d receive emails from readers hungry for more.
via Book Publishers Scramble to Rewrite Their Future | Underwire | Wired.com.
Breaking down Amazon’s mega dropdown
The hover effects on Amazon’s big ‘ole “Shop by Department” mega dropdown are super fast. Look’it how quick each submenu fills in as your mouse moves down the list:
LEDs Emerge as a Popular ‘Green’ Lighting
For the manufacturers, LEDs pose a new challenge. They offer higher profit margins, but because they can last for decades, people will be buying fewer bulbs — of any sort.
via LEDs Emerge as a Popular ‘Green’ Lighting – NYTimes.com.
Your Gadgets Are Slowly Breaking the Internet
The Internet isn’t robust enough for the ongoing explosion of connected devices. Now labs around the country are scrambling for solutions.
Develop Metro apps? Say no to this con
Microsoft says Windows 8 will offer exciting new opportunities for software developers. Don’t believe it.
Retailers Pile Stuff in the Aisles to Increase Sales
Americans like stuff.
Thats a given. But it turns out that lots and lots of stuff piled onto shelves or stacked in the middle of store aisles can coax a shopper to buy more.
Retailers Pile Stuff in the Aisles to Increase Sales – NYTimes.com.
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