Illustration: Mark Allen Miller At first, Maciej Ceglowski looks like any other web entrepreneur. He created a clever bookmarking service, Pinboard.in, that lets you organize links, see who else has saved them, and even cache copies of entire web pages. With 20,000 users, it’s a tiny, scrappy…

I was speaking with an interaction designer at Thinktiv the other day. He'd been managing a particular client engagement , and was remarking on the inability of that particular client to remember a design decision from day to day. He wasn't complaining; he was mostly reflective, and wondering why…

Sometime during the 1740s, the Reverend Thomas Bayes made the ingenious discovery that bears his name but then mysteriously abandoned it. It was rediscovered independently by a different and far more renowned man, Pierre Simon Laplace, who gave it its modern mathematical form and scientific…

Landing Pages That Convert Posted: May 20th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Copywriting , Marketing Strategy , Search Marketing | Tags: conversion , landing page , subscriber conversion | 23 Comments » Hey- if you’re interested in learning about how to get your online business off the ground and…

David Brooks has an excellent column on the diminishing returns of luxury living: Often, as we spend more on something, what we gain in privacy and elegance we lose in spontaneous sociability. I once visited a university that had a large, lavishly financed Hillel House to serve as a Jewish center on…

John Foster Made for Walking The intricate art of the cowboy boot Victoria Solan Love, Optimized Can one’s inner life be made easier by technology? Steven Heller Dashboard Type What Type of Driver Are You? Rick Poynor Exposure: Clive Owen in character by Dan Winters Anatomy of a publicity picture…

or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Began Enjoying Infinity Rahul Bijlani, October 2010 Hacker News Discussion Tale of two conquerors Early in his political career, Julius Caesar is said to have wept upon reading a biography of Alexander the Great. When asked why, he apparently said, “Do you…

"Cut and Paste and Run." @chanceofraincom, @LAReviewofBooks, on the definition of plagiarism

?uestlove: 15 Years The Roots drummer (and master hip-hop storyteller) recounts his last 15 years, including run-ins with Jay-Z, Puffy, and Kanye West. Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson just might be the closest thing we have to a hip-hop Zelig. Of course, he's been leading the Roots from behind his drum…

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Dave Bry I grew up in New Jersey. I live in New York. I write for the Awl, and also a book called Public Apology, for Grand Central Publishing. The Awl Be less stupid.

Kumar : “Excuse me, Professor Jones, could you explain why I was rejected for graduate study in your illustrious science program. I’m Vinay Kumar.” Jones : “Ah yes, Mr. Kumar. You had excellent grades and test scores, and your teachers testified to your intelligence and work habits. However, you…