Gender Differences in Spoken and Written Communication: For example, women tend to use more affective markers (e.g., “I know how you feelâ€), more diminutives (e.g., “little bitty insectâ€), more hedge words (e.g., perhaps, sort of), more politeness markers (e.g., “I hate to bother youâ€), and more tag questions (e.g., “We’re leaving at 8:00 pm, aren’t …
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i’m often asked for the names of venues for musicians to play in. i have a small list of my own, but it hasn’t been maintained lately. however, there are several great resources out there: venues in San Francisco from the Red Devil Lounge venues along the west coast (CA, OR, WA) from BAB News …
Ryan pointed to a good article in Canadian Business on the MBET program at Waterloo. The article has makes a couple of interesting points. First, a gym not on the cluetrain: The computer program, which pumped out graphs based on body composition measurements, and strength and endurance test data quickly made Nickelchok the most popular …
Mary Hilliard McMillan, Miss USA spokeswoman: “She was 22 when this happened. What 22-year-old hasn’t done that?” that is getting arrested for DUI. (rhetorical answer: most 22-year-olds.)
FOR SALE/BARTER: My body in Persistent Vegetative State… Dear loved-ones, I make the following statement in a sound state of mind and of my own volition: If I am rendered comatose and determined to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for a period longer than one month and if no imminent cure is forthcoming, …
Joe Beda explains the Google development model. Highlights: There is, by and large, only one code base at Google. This has many advantages. Most obvious is that it is really easy to look at and contribute to code in other projects without having to talk to anyone, get special permissions or fill out forms in …
Jeff Veen, asked to judge an interactive design competition, rails against those still not on the cluetrain: User-centered design vs. marketing and image Most sites had no sense whatsoever of how to engage a potential customer through the Web. Of all the consumer electronics sites I evaluated, for example, not one compared to sites like …