Better Widgets with Science!

WordPress version 2.8 was released earlier this month, and whether the developers actually read them or not, I'm glad that they seem to have implemented my suggestions for a cognitive science-based redesign for WordPress Widgets. In WordPress 2.5 … [Continue reading]

Watching the Cubs from Bahgdad

I've never been in a war, or even close. For reasons of both generational timing and family culture, our family has included preachers, teachers, doctors, artists & engineers, but few soldiers. My father served briefly as an army paramedic … [Continue reading]

100 Days Citizen Test

For the last couple years, I've been a fan of Richard Harwood, who was on the streets researching the meaning of civic "hope" in American cities and communities back when Barack Obama was working on his law degree. On the 100th day of the Obama … [Continue reading]

For the True Book Lover

Smell of Books "Five designer aromas -- 100% DRM compatible!" … [Continue reading]

Feedburning Learning

FeedBurner is a Chicago-based company, currently in the process of being Googlized, that allows visitors to subscribe to a blog's RSS feed or email updates. When I find a blog I really like, I enter my email & subscribe.Shameless plug: you can do … [Continue reading]