Brain Food Week 5: The Unexpected, The Practical and The Frivolous
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On the unexpected side of the fence, Aussie Supreme Court serves documents on Facebook.
On the practical side Kristina Halvorson looks at web content straight in the eyes and makes a compelling case for having a content strategy (wonderful and fun illustration by the way). I particularly like the breakdown of content related components that need to be addressed:
Editorial strategy + Web writing + Metadata strategy + Search engine optimization + Content management strategy + Content channel distribution strategy
To ponder the diversity of the world and its peoples, browse through the Newseum with the front pages of 688 newspapers in 64 countries.
Aegisub blog answers the question, "If programming languages were religions...". PHP is a lazy Christian, hmmm and Python is Humanism.
For more the ridiculous, check out why the recession wasn't just caused by greed but by the way we humans think described in eBay and the Brain: What Psychology Teaches Us about the Economic Downturn or . It seems we're hard wired to be optimistic even in the face of contrary evidence, we have limited will power and we're not that great with numbers. But no worries. According to Peter Ubell, professor of medicine and psychology at the University of Michigan, "None of us is perfect. We will all make a boatload of mistakes before our lives are done." LOL - what a relief! I thought it was just me. Oh he does offer some practical advice - check it out.
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Tags: content strategy | newseum | psychology | thinking
