links for 2004-10-27

I've been hunting for this ground rule for Apple development for ages -- no code updates can slow down a system component, unless the coder is able to optimize another part of the same system component to maintain the status quo or better see stingerman'

handy web safe colour viewer, can even be downloaded locally

useful list and overview of 200 odd techniques

how design can be used to help direct the worlds energies for the better, related to the long now ideas from Stewart Brand

using a single word and number to draw attention to information, with a detailed investigation of why

Some basic cognitive psychology looking at attention span and memory from 1956, essentially we can remember 7 plus or minus 2 things

Recent research paper on Synaesthesia, the reason the w3c logo is green