"A/B test results perpetuate a falsely comforting myth that designs can be graded like a math test, in which there’s a single right answer."

"In Cow Clicker, players get a cow, they click it, and then they must either pay to click it again or wait six hours." http://t.co/H8IEwMmm

Haruki Murakami: On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning http://t.co/gGH7G0gG

"Do you like Cat Power? …The music. Not cat power as a concept."

Bathroom with transparent floor built over empty elevator shaft. Terrifying. http://t.co/IzT28iDJ

Ha: http://www.nakedpassword.com/

… and "the first victims of A/B testing are beauty, elegance, charm, and grace". From @udanium's post: http://t.co/spirvIw

"It'd've". I like English.

Wow. From Jan 1, an EU-wide ban on battery chicken cages. That's excellent news! http://t.co/bL0oeLVv

My book ran out of batteries. Psh.

Nice Photoshop skills, BBC. http://t.co/4eQnR8UB

Wowzers. Can't possibly miss dConstruct this year: http://2011.dconstruct.org/

A manifesto against UI chrome: "Chrome arises from a chronic case of object-envy." http://is.gd/VcpeUt (via @kickerstudio)

Love @randomwire's meaty roundup of design-driven brands. Some nice Saturday morning reading. http://t.co/kHKiOQVw

"I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile—some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket". Nabokov, 1969

Vintage photos of women in sports. Fascinating, and slightly surreal: http://goo.gl/fBKOj

“People would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism" Wolff #tedxcsm

Graphic language for touch. (1) http://bit.ly/Ci54r and (2) http://bit.ly/8A0e0q by Timo Arnall. Love this.

I bought a house-plant! It's not as good as a puppy.

So proud of a friend who, against all odds (foster care, terrible school) got a 1st in linguistics from Cardiff, just won PhD studentship.