ade mémoire

Dec 30

I’ve seen Rock Shox used for Paris-Roubaix before, but never a fully suspended road bike…
(via Velominati › Guest Article: Anatomy of a Photo-1994 Paris-Roubaix)

I’ve seen Rock Shox used for Paris-Roubaix before, but never a fully suspended road bike…

(via Velominati › Guest Article: Anatomy of a Photo-1994 Paris-Roubaix)

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Dec 22

nickrearden:

Clever graphic showing which muscles are responsible for what portion of pedal stroke…hate posting things like this without credit but it’s not clear whose work this is. Well done you, anyway.

nickrearden:

Clever graphic showing which muscles are responsible for what portion of pedal stroke…hate posting things like this without credit but it’s not clear whose work this is. Well done you, anyway.

(Source: dropbar)

Dec 15

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Dec 14

The World Famous Kalle Lind pointed me in the direction of Mouseflow. A tool that lets you see heatmaps, click confetti and watch realtime mouse tracking of your site’s visitors. It’s a bit weird, but I can see the benefits of usability studies without the need for one-way glass. You’d need to make sure it was covered in your site’s privacy terms, but I still feel a little ooky and voyeuristic watching the playback despite not really collecting any data we’re not already getting through Google Analytics or CrazyEgg.
What do you think?

The World Famous Kalle Lind pointed me in the direction of Mouseflow. A tool that lets you see heatmaps, click confetti and watch realtime mouse tracking of your site’s visitors. It’s a bit weird, but I can see the benefits of usability studies without the need for one-way glass. You’d need to make sure it was covered in your site’s privacy terms, but I still feel a little ooky and voyeuristic watching the playback despite not really collecting any data we’re not already getting through Google Analytics or CrazyEgg.

What do you think?

Nov 13

“New York cyclists are a tribe. Within any tribe, there are distinctions. We parse our smallest differences and look down on one another, even as we look down on everyone else.” — The Breakdown via Nick Rearden (“34 x26” aren’t his vital statistics)

Nov 08

“What were all these people waitin for. He told me it was for a apple phone or some such. I said dont these folks have telephones already?” —

Well, when you put it like that…

Cormac McCarthy: “The Apple Store”

Oct 20

“Digital is the infrastructure, the plumbing and wiring, but social is the behavior and quite possibly the glue.” —

This is the bit that makes my job get even more interesting every day…

How Social Digital Is Your Company? - David Armano - Harvard Business Review

Oct 05

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Oct 04

“Five years ago, the iPhone didn’t exist. It wasn’t a need in your life. You were able to live perfectly without it. And now that it does exist, all of that is true.” —

Continuing the theme, with a slight twist…

You don’t need the new iPhone