The tyranny of numbers
Jakob Nielsen’s latest column, about the dangers of quantitative studies, is out. In a nutshell, he argues that numbers lie. Misrepresentation of statistical significance, confusing correlation and causality, ignoring covariant variables, over-simplifying analysis, and out and out distortion of the measurements are of course all potential pitfalls in any research, and it’s good to point [...]
Congrats to Mark on joining Blue
Mark Pilgrim announced yesterday that he’s been employed by our competitor (and my wife’s employer) IBM as an Accessibility Architect in the Emerging Technologies group. I can’t think of a better job for a better guy. Congratulations, Mark, and best of luck in your new role at Big Blue. And hopefully your work in Atom [...]
