Month: February 2010

Today I went on a scavenger hunt. Specifically I was trying to find the “reply” button on my Gmail interface. The damn thing keeps moving, depending on the length of the message. And it’s pretty well hidden in a forest of 40-some buttons sprinkled around the page that do all…

Today United Media announced it might try to sell the licensing rights for Dilbert, Peanuts, and the rest of its licensing properties. http://www.cnbc.com/id/35536849 [no longer available] United Media has been handling syndication and licensing for Dilbert for over 20 years. They plan to keep the syndication part, which involves selling…

I’ve written before about the fact that a person’s name can influence his choices. Studies show that people named Dennis become dentists at a higher rate than you would expect. People also prefer to live in places that sound like their own names. Names matter. http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/stuff_for_blog/susie.pdf I was thinking about…