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lol very true. notice how politicians often make u...

2011-05-21T07:52:43.718-07:00

lol very true. notice how politicians often make use of repetition in threes

Hey, I know this is an old post, but another inte...

2011-03-12T08:46:04.915-08:00

Hey,

I know this is an old post, but another interesting one: Crazy Namer at http://crazynamer.com

Quite flexible and generates nice (and available) domains and company names.

Good flowchart, here's another company naming ...

2010-06-11T07:14:58.865-07:00

Good flowchart, here's another company naming service as well.

http://www.frozenlemons.com (Several packages from 35 to 85 dollars)

Better still, instead of all these cheap garbage n...

2010-01-30T08:09:39.849-08:00

Better still, instead of all these cheap garbage names, how about a real one, with trademark and incorporation checks:

http://www.brighternaming.com

Your name is your most important marketing weapon in the battle for the mind.

This is great - I love the flowchart! Here are tw...

2009-12-20T07:54:29.064-08:00

This is great - I love the flowchart! Here are two other options as well:

http://pickydomains.com ($50)

http://knowem.com (from $99 and up)

I agree with Suroweicki. Intuitively as people ar...

2009-12-11T13:00:27.741-08:00

I agree with Suroweicki. Intuitively as people are less independent then the effective "size" of the crowd would becoms smaller.

I've noticed that if survivors don't stick...

2009-12-11T12:50:51.815-08:00

I've noticed that if survivors don't stick together, the zombies generally get them.

@cindy - good point. I myself am guilty of being ...

2009-12-02T08:31:41.740-08:00

@cindy - good point. I myself am guilty of being indecisive (which i can play off as being "flexible").

@joe - Thanks for the feedback, and great reference. I wonder if that paper is the one referenced by Goat in the Pearls Before Swine comic? I think that paper deserves its own blog post...

Great cartoon - and great idea (i.e., Thinkmeter)!...

2009-12-01T11:47:21.560-08:00

Great cartoon - and great idea (i.e., Thinkmeter)!

A small caveat: I think it can be very valuable to offer a channel through which quiet people with strong opinions can express themselves, but I wonder whether there is some risk in creating a channel through which loud people with weak opinions can have more sway. Anyhow, I think it's a worthy experiment, and I'll be interested to see how it is used.

Speaking of experiments, I've seen references to this "solitary repetition = social consensus" study elsewhere, and finally tracked it down. Here's a reference for the article:
"Inferring the Popularity of an Opinion From Its Familiarity: A Repetitive Voice Can Sound Like a Chorus"
Kimberlee Weaver, Stephen M. Garcia, Norbert Schwarz and Dale T. Miller
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2007, Vol. 92, No. 5, 821–833
http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/psp925821.pdf

Or, Thinkmeter can help you make A decision. Ther...

2009-11-27T15:11:25.246-08:00

Or, Thinkmeter can help you make A decision. There are many totally indecisive or stall-long-enough-there-aren't-any-good-options-left groups out there. You know the kind. Their members say things like, "I don't care" or "you choose" and meanwhile every cheap motel room gets booked and the family - er, group - is staying in tents by the side of the road.