LostFocus

A weblog by Dominik Schwind

I have nothing to say, really.

Fuck off.

Smells like retail

Smells like retail

Why does this not surprise me?

The Moment

The Moment

"You are multiple selves, and happiness is based on satisfying all of them." This is a tiny bit creepy. And probably very true.

They Get to Me

They Get to Me

Jessica Love is a psycholinguist who is fascinated by pronouns. Now I am, too. Not only because I love the concept of psycholinguistics, which I didn't even know existed.

That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger

That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger

This dude is riding his bike until he goes insane – and then some more. Sometimes for days with only 90 minutes of sleep per day.

“Fear and Loathing in Farmville”

“Fear and Loathing in Farmville”

Nice summary of what has happened at the Game Developers Conference 2010.

This column will change your life: WIth friends like these…

This column will change your life: WIth friends like these…

"This is going to be ­awkward, but someone has to tell you, so it may as well be me: you're kind of a loser."

Dunning–Kruger effect

Dunning–Kruger effect

I have seen this a lot. "The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it"