Archive for October 11th, 2007
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Keeping a Myth Alive
May not be good from a public policy POV, according to this recent article in the Washington Post. The crux of the article: The conventional response to myths and urban legends is to counter bad information with accurate information. But the new psychological studies show that denials and clarifications, for all their intuitive appeal, can [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Things that make me go "hmmm" by Eric Porres
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Faster than a Veyron?
1100+ HP in this puppy makes it the fastest production car on the planet…looks a whole lot like a Lamborghini from the front.
Comments Off - Posted in Random by Eric Porres
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Check out NYGrapes.com!
A shameless promotional plug for www.nygrapes.com, a Web site I started a year ago for a wine group I started a year ago. Lots of tasty wine articles, tasting notes, and links to other oenophilic delights.
Comments Off - Posted in Marketing,Wines I'm Drinking by Eric Porres
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
NYTimes Article: E-Mail is Easy to Write (and to Misread)
A little bit of social neuroscience anyone? This article from the NYTimes speaks to the challenges of interpreting emails and the way they were meant to be read. With the mass proliferation of email and other non-personal (face-to-face or voice-to-voice) forms of communication like instant messaging, we are increasingly at risk of not sending the [...]
