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Fuck that, Yahoo! News. And the rest of your headlines too.

Are PINs Killing Off Handwritten Signatures?

“[T]hese days, Danesi isn’t signing his name the way he used to. The electronic signature capture pad — the ubiquitous device at retail checkout counters — just leaves a pixelated mess. And when he writes letters of recommendation for his students, nobody wants a handwritten signature at all. “My signature is my email,” he says. “That to me is the death knell of the signature.”

Remember when we were kids and we would scribble on a blank pad of paper all day to get our perfect signature? Or was that just me? And call me old-fashioned, but I still really love looking had penmanship and seeing how unique each person’s writing is. The death of handwritten signature is to PIN as emails are to letters though.

6 days ago

# journalism

Can you believe McDonald’s itself was the one responsible for this hashtag? Turns out, there are a lot of #McDStories, none of them good! Social media marketing at its finest fail.

6 days ago

# viral

# advertising

"It’s nice to feel wanted, but also I want you all the time so you should always feel good!"

« NP

Study: Women Apparently Pretend To Be Dumb Around Randos

“Participants [took] a series of individual IQ tests then grouped together based on their scores. So the smarties went with the smarties, and so on. The researchers then asked the groups to complete a set to “ranked group IQ tasks,” according to a press release from VT. They were not informed that they were placed with others of similar innate intelligence until the end of the group tasks … Some individuals’ expressed IQ was affected by signals about their status within a small group. Basically, if you’ve decided that you’re dumber than those around you, you’re going to act way dumber than you actually are … The result? Women in business meetings, on juries and even at parties may perceive themselves as less intelligent — and act that way.”

I happen to be an asshole who will get on an intellectual high horse when I sense that those around me aren’t very smart. Just kidding, but I still wouldn’t pretend to be dumb to feel like a member of a certain group so what the hell is this shit, ladies??

ORLY??

↵ Originally from afternoonsnoozebutton

↵ Reblogged from sloneczka

# journalism

# i am disappoint

The fun will never end, it’s Portal x Adventure Time!

1 week ago

# video games

# adventure time

I was not aware Vince Offer is back, but I guess the best way to come back is to poke fun of yourself doing what you do best.

I haven’t seen so many women on one page of Businessweek since…ever.

1 week ago

↵ Originally from bizweekgraphics

↵ Reblogged from angelawublog

# politics

# economics

Yo, I heard you like Wikipedia, so we put Wikipedia in your Wikipedia so you can Wiki …. oh you get the rest. (Though … y so meta)

1 week ago

# SOPA

Impersonator!

BBL: Mr. B, is that you? Are you there?

NG: I hate to disappoint but it's Natt on BPL's computer

BBL: Big disappointment. Why are you impersonating BPL?

NG: Haha, need to use Adobe Acrobat and his Yahoo Messenger signed itself in.

BPL: Ok, go right ahead. You are much prettier than BPL anyway.

NG: I hope so!

Klout, lol, you really have this all wrong!

1 week ago

# lol

# i am disappoint

Teenage Password Sharing: 21st Century Romance?

“The digital era has given rise to a more intimate custom. It has become fashionable for young people to express their affection for each other by sharing their passwords to e-mail, Facebook and other accounts. Boyfriends and girlfriends sometimes even create identical passwords, and let each other read their private e-mails and texts.

“Sharing passwords, she noted, feels forbidden because it is generally discouraged by adults and involves vulnerability. And there is pressure in many teenage relationships to share passwords, just as there is to have sex.

“The response is the same: if we’re in a relationship, you have to give me anything,” Ms. Wiseman said.”

I don’t even trust me with someone else’s password. Don’t do it kids. You WILL regret it, and if you have, change the password immediately. It’s NOT 21st century romance, it’s 21st century peer pressure. Ps, nice shout out to Sam’s Gizmodo column a few weeks back ;)

1 week ago

# romance

"Without Wikipedia, I’m reduced to Snapple Facts #StopSOPA"

« Kwame Opam, you silly clever boy

1 week ago

# SOPA

# winning

The Amazing Discussion That Led to the Wikipedia Blackout

“The debate started with a straw poll Jimmy Wales sent out to the community back in December … which led, over the weekend, to a conversation conducted among 1,800 Wikipedians.

“Support. I thought about NPOV, but realized that NPOV won’t matter if Wikipedia becomes too much of a liability to exist anyway. The way the bill is formulated reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how the internet works. The repercussions are global.”

And this:

“Support. You can’t be neutral when your very fabric of being is under threat of erasure.”

Not earth-shattering on their own; taken together, though, and taken as an instance of pseudo-democratic digital collaboration, they’re pretty remarkable.”

And they say voicing your opinion randomly for the Internet isn’t worth much. I’ll miss you, Wikipedia.

1 week ago

# politics

# SOPA