Monthly Archives: July 2008

iPhone hijack resolved

So [Erica](http://www.ericaendicott.com) finally heard back from AT&T. Our phone wasn’t hijacked. Neither of us ever made an unscheduled trip to, and subsequently texted from Azerbaijan. It was a billing error that affected about a thousand people, according to the AT&T … Continue reading

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Tough Choices: How Making Decisions Tires Your Brain: Scientific American

Tough Choices: How Making Decisions Tires Your Brain: Scientific American – The more decisions you make, the more tired your brain gets and the more likely you are to make a bad decision. Choose a salad over a cookie and … Continue reading

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Some notes for Rip Van Winkle, journalist | yelvington.com

Some notes for Rip Van Winkle, journalist | yelvington.com – The second great post about how newsrooms need to move beyond ostriching. "It's all the fault of the idiot managers who decided they should give away our content for free. … Continue reading

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The self-indulgence of oppositional defiance | yelvington.com

The self-indulgence of oppositional defiance | yelvington.com – On dealing with newsroom curmudgeons: "You can't control the Internet, or the boss, or market forces, or Sam Zell, or whatever other ogre you want to blame, but you can control your … Continue reading

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Silverback — guerrilla usability testing

Silverback — guerrilla usability testing – Records screen activity, while simultaneously using a Mac's built in iSight and microphone to record the test subject. Great tool for guerrilla usability testing.

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