5 minutes is enough time to browse 100 blogs or read a 1000-word article thoroughly.

Researching people’s internet use, Nielsen called with “a very short survey—only 5 minutes.”

Well, first lesson, 5 minutes isn’t “very short.”

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Why is it hard to appreciate art in the same way we naturally appreciate other good things?

Lewis’s poetry lesson applied to Christmas cookies:

They’re easily appreciated both for what they are (tasty) and what they mean (Yay, Christmas!).

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Vote for 22 Words in the 2009 Weblog Awards!

Thanks to whoever nominated 22 Words for best microblog in the 2009 Weblog Awards.

You can go vote, if you want to.

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Big words: Know many, use few.

It’s important to remember that enjoying obtuse vocabulary rarely translates into the ability to use it without seeming like a bloviating pontificator.

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Obama’s 2 dialects

McWhorter:

Obama can speak to all of America in a way that neither a John Edwards nor a Jesse Jackson ever could.

(via JT)

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