Blogs

Predictably Irrational,

The book explains why certain behaviors are not logical yet prevalent in society. By understanding these irrational behavior you as a designer can create more effective product.

Thinking with Type

Must read book for designer!

Edward R. Tufte books

101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

This little book is very useful for any form of design, including software design. It is short, concise, and easy to read. It make you think about things that you never thought about in normal software design process.

Google chart-api

Just found out about Google Chart API, it lets you dynamically generate chart. pretty cool! I generated my personal profile chart using it

http://code.google.com/apis/chart

2008 Treasury yield curve

Playing around with google spread sheet function importXML() lead me to create a graph of a treasury yield curve for 2008. The data source is US Treasury web site.

Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions

Just finish reading the book, it is very interesting - it contain following information.

1. recognition prime decision modle.
2. the power of intuition.
3. the power of mental simulation.
4. power to spot leverage point.
5. non linear spect of problem solving.
6. power to see the invisible.
7. the power of stories.

Medici Effect

Just finish reading the book. It contains following information,

- Directional Innovation (innovate within a field) .
- Intersectional Innovation (combining different fields).
- Leaving old network, creating new one.
- Taking risk.
- Having reserve to handle failure.

Dr. Dean Ornish: Your genes are not your fate

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