Egonomics: Wolfram Alpha Miscalculates What Its iPhone App Should Cost
Clearly, the service had some insight into how controversial the price will be. They go on to note:
The core WolframAlpha site will always be free. This is one of several “premium” experiences that the company will offer in addition. The app is targeted at the most serious users, and is priced as such. Likewise, we feel that the app’s egonomics and speed make it well worth the investment.
I can only assume they mean “ergonomics” there, but we’ll forgive them for that Freudian slip.
![As It Might Have Been
Mr John Leighton devised a system to prevent passengers from being taken for a proverbial as well as a literal ride [in London Taxis]. Leighton, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, published a scheme to divide London in a number of hexagonals, specifically aimed at preventing overcharging by cab drivers.](http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kroyguU8cT1qzng3lo1_500.jpg)
Mr John Leighton devised a system to prevent passengers from being taken for a proverbial as well as a literal ride [in London Taxis]. Leighton, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, published a scheme to divide London in a number of hexagonals, specifically aimed at preventing overcharging by cab drivers.
“You are losing control of your message by inviting customers into a dialogue and that could be problematic if they criticise you,” says Arun Sundararajan, a professor of information, operations and management sciences at New York University.”
BBC NEWS - Business
“All of this highlights perhaps the most crucial difference between Daft Punk and Basement Jaxx: While Daft Punk have not budged from an image established in the late 1990s, have released only three studio albums over the past 13 years, and have been mostly coasting on the success of a record from 2001, Basement Jaxx have never been still for long, and seem entirely unafraid of failure. They are constantly striving and experimenting, and when you’re brave enough to take artistic risks, you’re bound to turn out a dud here and there. All of Basement Jaxx’s missteps to date have been noble in ambition and easily forgiven when you take into account that the same impulses that produce an awkward misfit of a song like “She’s No Good” also yield the glorious house psychedelia of “Raindrops”. Basement Jaxx may not have a strong brand identity, but their eagerness to toy with their formula and broaden the emotional range of their material is truly inspiring, and sometimes that matters much more than being popular and influential.”
Lessons on Design (from a dance music record review) Pitchfork: Basement Jaxx: Scars
“When nearly 3,000 people were killed on 9/11, we began wars and were willing to devote more than $1 trillion in additional expenses. Yet about the same number of Americans die from our failed insurance system every three weeks.”
Let Congress Go Without Insurance - Nicholas D. Kristof - NYTimes.com
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