I hereby declare this the definitive source on these matters.
Ranking Avatar’s Success
January 29, 2010
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These statistics use the number of tickets sold in the United States since the release date / the US population of the year of the movie’s release date. Thus, since some movies have been re-released multiple times, these figures can be slightly misleading. None the less, they paint a convincing picture graph.
More stats bellow the jump.
Meeting Effectiveness
December 1, 2009
To be clear, the Y-Axis is total decisions made. It seems there is always a sweet spot in the length of meetings, and most the action happens when you know the clock is ticking.
Hiking Population
November 27, 2009
I organised an overnight hiking trip for a group of people a couple of weekends ago. We ended up with 7 guys. Seems not many girls go hiking.
Awesome Solutions
November 25, 2009
It seems to me that the best solutions are always found for the hardest problems.
Wakefulness throughout day
November 13, 2009
A radar graph is a useful way to show a cycle like this. According to this graph, wakefulness is highest at noon, and at night.
The Happiness of Sadists
November 11, 2009
I wonder what would happen to sadist happiness if everyone was a sadist?
This post was inspired by someone at work (no, I’m not kidding).
Traffic when you are in a hurry
October 30, 2009
This one is inspired by a NRMA ad on the radio about how the faster you need to go, the slower the traffic is.
Interuptions and Focus
October 29, 2009
I heard somewhere that the average knowledge worker is interrupted every 11 minutes, but takes 25 minutes to fully regain focus.
