Tai Mingshen

Information Architects in Japan has just published their Web Trends Map 2008. They’ve taken approximately 300 of the most influential and successful websites and grouped them on the greater Tokyo-area train map. There’s a clickable map, PDF, wallpaper images and A0 poster available.

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I’m skeptical of the results from many of the instruments that claim to measure a person’s personality traits. An article about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in The Skeptics Dictionary discusses the theory and limitations of this test.

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I attended a very interesting First Tuesday meeting in Bergen yesterday, where the theme was social networking trends. The speakers were:

Rune Røsten, managing director of Nettby, one of Norway’s largest social networks.

Jill Walker Rettberg, who is an associate professor at the University of Bergen and research blogger. Jill has provided a summary of her presentation on her blog, jilltxt.net.

Kjetil Manheim, an advisor on digital services and manager of Tarantell Innsikt. His presentation is available on SlideShare.

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Dumb Little Man has posted an article, The Pros and Cons of Drinking Beer which concludes, with references to research studies, that drinking beer is probably good for you as long as it’s done in moderation.

[Via: Dumb Little Man]

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