“Pinterest cleverly disguises their sign-up flow as “requesting an invite”, making you think you’re applying for membership in an exclusive VIP online club. The thing is, every request is eventually granted. So although sign-up is delayed, it’s pretty much guaranteed.”
“Thirty-four percent of smartphone users say that they are willing to exchange chocolate for Internet usage on their mobile phone. Forty-three percent would sacrifice drinking beer and 20 percent are willing to give up cable TV.” - The Atlantic
Hick’s Law: “Selection time gets compounded exponentially when a person has to select from several choices.”
From this, I conclude that smarter people do, indeed, need more time to come up with an answer that is good enough for them than dumber people.
Why do urls need two forward slashes (http://)?
“The forward slashes are there solely for aesthetic purposes”
From the iPod to the iPad, Apple products have begun with an “i” since the iMac was released in 1998.
Steve Jobs explained the use of the letter then. It stands for a few things: Internet, Individual, Instruct, Inform, and Inspire.
I just saw the ugly dude from the Black Eyes Peas wearing the exact pair of Wayfarer shades as mine, and also, check this out, that Steve Jobs at the age of 31 was wearing a Ralph Lauren “multipony” button down shirt very similar to mine. I use a lot of comma’s when it’s late at night.