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Human Communication

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Whitney Leave a comment

Through all of my education, the one thing I’ve always been passionate about is the brain and learning. As it turns out, this is hugely important, because if you know why someone does something- down to the biochemical level, if … Continue reading →

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Demystifying Search and the Google-Bing Debacle

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Whitney Leave a comment

The most entertaining item to geeks in this morning’s news has to be Google’s accusation that Microsoft’s Bing search engine competitor is hijacking Google search results.  (The BBC has a good article about it here). Explaining how search works to … Continue reading →

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Bookstores and Public Life

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Whitney 11 Comments

This morning, I was getting caught up in news, and this article about the closing of a Barnes and Noble in Manhattan grabbed my attention.  It’s clear that Barnes and Noble has been acting more like a community center for … Continue reading →

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When is Good Enough Good Enough?

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Whitney Leave a comment

I was reading my latest copy of Wired Magazine (this and Fast Company are the best ones ever…) and this month they have a great article entitled “The Good Enough Revolution“, primarily discussing how the simple and good enough products … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of Search

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Whitney Leave a comment

I’ve started an interesting book called Kluge- The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind by Gary Marcus.  In the opening chapter, Marcus talks about how biological systems evolve with a “good enough” threshold, not always with the most elegant design … Continue reading →

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