Posts made in January, 2012

Art, science, & pasta

Posted on 11 Jan 2012 in design, in the world, user experience | 0 comments

Art, science, & pasta

Today I came across a really appetizing interesting site, which is an excerpt from a book called Pasta by Design, by George L. Legendre. What is so wonderful about it – to me at least – is that it brings together the math which produces the curves in the pasta, the technical reproduction of the pasta shape (which looks like a stipple contour drawing!), and then photographs, a brief origin / history of the shape, and even recommendations on how to eat it! You can browse the interactive site on the New York Times website. And a shout-out to one of my favorite bloggers Nathan Yau at...

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Forget willpower

Posted on 10 Jan 2012 in in the world, workplace | 0 comments

As people start the traditional making and breaking of New Year’s resolutions, willpower seems to be at top of mind for many.  I have been ruminating on what I want to accomplish this year, and how I’ll put the right steps in place to get there.  I’m sure many of you have been doing the same!  But I dislike making resolutions just because it’s January, and I really dislike pretending that something is going to change unless I am really sure I can establish and execute on an plan.  Corporate training meets real life, I guess! So when one of my ZS colleagues posted...

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2011 in review

Posted on 1 Jan 2012 in in the world | 0 comments

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,800 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the complete report.

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