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Philip Guo - Geek behaviors present during conversations
This article presents some common behaviors I've observed from my past few years of interactions with geeks, nerds, and other highly-smart technical people. For brevity, I will simply use the term "ge... Read more
http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/geek-behaviors.htm
Tags: geek, psychology, behavior, communication, social, geeks, personality, reference, howto, life Saved by: admin at 27 Jan 2010

The social behavior incentive (how your app can be as addictive as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare)
I’m an addict. You already knew that, didn’t you? After all, I’m just about to pass my 30,000th Tweet and on Facebook I have more than 10,000 friends and on Foursquare I follow more than 3,000 p... Read more
http://scobleizer.com/2010/01/23/the-social-behavior-incentive-how-your-app-can-be-as-addictive-as-facebook-twitter-foursquare/
Tags: social, socialmedia, marketing, psychology, apps, behavior, business, webdesign, facebook, incentive Saved by: admin at 25 Jan 2010

jQuery.Behavior - A Simple JavaScript Library for Complex Web Applications
jQuery.Behavior helps you organize your JavaScript code into logical chunks called "behaviors". You know those web applications that have many different complex elements on the front-end that interact... Read more
http://rodpetrovic.com/jquery/behavior/
Tags: jquery, javascript, plugin, behavior, behaviour, framework, programming, development, tutorial, coding Saved by: admin at 15 Dec 2009

BBC News - Octopus snatches coconut and runs
"An octopus and its coconut-carrying antics have surprised scientists. Underwater footage reveals that the creatures scoop up halved coconut shells before scampering away with them so they can later ... Read more
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8408233.stm
Tags: octopus, science, animals, video, nature, animal, behavior, ocean, funny, coconut Saved by: admin at 15 Dec 2009

What to do when all else has failed to change your kid's behavior. - By Alan E. Kazdin and Carlo Rotella - Slate Magazine
They direct the parents to temporarily back off almost entirely: to stop asking their child to do the desired behavior and say it's OK not to do it at all, stop offering praise or other rewards for do... Read more
http://www.slate.com/id/2228559/pagenum/all/
Tags: parenting, psychology, kids, children, discipline, toread, babies, behavior, reading, slate Saved by: admin at 19 Sep 2009

Study: Facebook Increases Jealousy in Relationships
The research, conducted as part of a larger study on Facebook use by college students, identified items that could contribute to romantic jealousy. 308 respondents (skewed female, 231 to be exact) wer... Read more
http://mashable.com/2009/08/09/facebook-relationship-jealous/
Tags: facebook, research, socialnetworking, relationships, psychology, socialmedia, study, behavior, culture, mediastudies Saved by: admin at 10 Aug 2009

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior @ Foundations Magazine
"By age sixteen, Washington had copied out by hand, 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation. They are based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595."
http://www.foundationsmag.com/civility.html
Tags: history, manners, behavior, civility, washington, etiquette, resources, education, philosophy, productivity Saved by: admin at 10 Aug 2009