Anyone who has ever been involved in one way or another in building a brand or designing a logo will find this post over on Logo Design Love utterly fascinating.

Maybe not, according to The Register, which observes that Google being impartial “was one of the articles of faith. For if Google was ever to be found to be applying subjective human judgment directly on the process, it would be akin to the voting machines being rigged.”

Well. Click that link above: It looks like the voting machines may in fact be rigged.

The weekend of charts and data continues. Yesterday’s link was on the the silly side; this one’s far more serious — and useful: MarketingCharts.com delivers “the latest numbers and metrics in all things marketing … charts, data tables, and Excel spreadsheets that you can use to keep on top of trends to assist you with your budgeting and benchmarking efforts.”

Fun site.

“Group conformity scares the pants off me because it’s so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn’t want to — or can’t — join the Big Parade.”
—Bette Midler