Links for 2009-01-16: Hot Buttons

In Links on 16 January 2009

• The Beast's 50 Most Loathsome People in America 2008
  Funny read, even if you don't agree with all their selections. The illustrations are amazing. Don't miss the one for number 13.
  (tags: politics humor 2008)
• The $300 Million Button
  "How Changing a Button Increased a Site's Annual Revenues by $300 Million." Food for thought.
  (tags: design commerce button)
• Hidden Secrets of the Amazon Shopping Cart
  Well-documented history of Amazon's most important button.
  (tags: commerce design amazon)
• Report: biggest online threat to kids is other kids
  This shouldn't be surprising, but it will be for some. Kids aren't in any more danger online than they are in a schoolyard.
  (tags: community report kids safety)
• New Scientist: Our world may be a giant hologram
  "We are all living in a giant cosmic hologram." I've always suspected.
  (tags: life universe everything)

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