“He Painted Bugs Like Jewels”. 16th-century Dutch artist Joris Hoefnagel painted some of the first dedicated and detailed images of insects in the world. If he’d lived 200 years later, you would have called him a naturalist. [kottke.org]

mmHmm rebranded to Airtime. Not as quirky and creative perhaps but mmHmm was a true failure of branding in spoken and written form. How many mmmms...?

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I'm surprised it took Microsoft so long to destroy Skype.

Around the world, two key common dimensions of wisdom are prevalent: reflectiveness—eg applying past knowledge to new experiences—and socio-emotional awareness—eg caring about others' feelings. But there are more subtle differences too, research suggests: buff.ly/lFK6eAv