An interesting video that shows the change in American’s mood throughout the country as the day progresses by interpreting tweets from Twitter.
You might note: Florida looks like the place to be!
This is a bit of a heavy article from physorg.com, but for all you caffeine addicts out there, you might want to work through it. In particular:
“The resulting collection of original studies conveys multiple perspectives on topics ranging from molecular targets of caffeine, neurophysiological modifications and adaptations, to the potential mechanisms underlying the behavioral and neuroprotective actions of caffeine in distinct brain pathologies.”
The real science of motivation is fascinating. This 10 minute video should be mandatory viewing for every manager.
This starts a bit slow, but is nonetheless quite a powerful presentation. Would you believe there have been 2000 detonations of nuclear devices since 1945? How many do you think came from France? You might be surprised:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-blowed-up-real-good-2010-7-2
How much thanks can you get on a post-it note? Here’s a great site with daily examples. Enjoy.
Finally, a study at MIT shows how the brain responds to successful events. Read more here.
Here’s a neat visualization of the growth of Walmart at FlowingData. Impressive.
Great post by Seth Godin today on limiting beliefs. In this case, Seth is writing about our beliefs regarding others, but doesn’t the same thing apply to ourselves?
This is a fascinating graph showing trends in employment over the past few years. Not too many bright spots so far, but we all hope they’ll increase in the very near future.
Ever think about where your friends are located? Here’s an interesting map by Pete Warden that shows large-scale trends of connections of Facebook friends. Always interesting to see the big picture.