ANGUS WHINES

Friends

Cute.



Via The Poptimist

Access

Interesting reading.




Via Laughing Squid

Information

Lovely "infographics".



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Via Simple Complexity, Six Revisions and Social Media Changer

Marshmallows

Good old psychology.


Via Swiss Miss

Breathing Earth

Fabulous interactive map showing births, deaths and CO2 emissions in real time.  Thanks Darryl.

Brands in Public

Fabulous new site showing 'Brands in Public'.  Here's the page for Honda, for example:



Via Seth

Time

The American Time Use Survey asks thousands of American residents to recall every minute of a day. Brilliant.



Via Kat

Revelations

"If you find anything masquerading as an insight on a strategy, in a document, in a research debrief, in a creative brief or in a conversation that does not appear to you to be a revelation get rid of it immediately."

Well fucking said.

Hot

Apparently, if you want to make a good impression on someone, get your target a cup of coffee.  Researchers have found that there is a strong link between physical and emotional warmth - people who held a cup of hot coffee for 10 to 25 seconds warmed to a perfect stranger.  Holding a cup of iced coffee had the opposite effect.

"Our mental processes are not separate and detached from the body," said John A. Bargh, a Yale University psychologist and co-author of the current study.

That said, "if I had a nice, warm cup of coffee with Adolf Hitler, I'm still not going to like him," Bargh said.

Excellent.

Via Neatorama

Analogies

There's far too many analogies in advertising for my liking but this is an excellent use of them.