Jinn of Quality and Risk

Have you ever tried to use a kitchen stove and ended up turning the wrong burner on by mistake? ...You may be surprised to learn that your digital products may suffer from the same fundamental problem that makes these stoves annoying and counterintuitive. A very clear and concise statement of the problem. When we act on something, we need direct spatial connections such as location, direction, length, and area (consider scrollbars, which are sometimes called "ascenseur" in French i.e. "lift/elevator"). 

John Barlow wants you to rethink a few things for the digital age. Copyright, for one. The nation state. And the future of liberty. ... In 1990 he co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the oldest and best-known organization dedicated to preserving and expanding freedom in the digital domain. 

One liberated Natalie Krinsky writes in the Yale Daily News: At the tender age of 14 my best friend Alison and I decided that the time had come to master the blow job. Yes, young, I know. Yes, Yale.

Eric Raymond contributes interesting thoughts on sexual competence as a mainstream virtue — part of the normal toolkit of adults, like table manners or choosing appropriate clothes. 

Interview with Don Norman on the value of beauty, fun and pleasure in design.