Web Watch usually has a good memory for things.
We may not remember names and faces very well, but we certainly remember places and all sorts of useless trivia (as you can well attest by reading any of the thousands of Web Watch articles we’ve written over the years).
So how does one exercise their memory in order to become good at remembering things?
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A few years ago, Web Watch was visiting Las Vegas with some friends. As is the case when traveling with a large group of people – especially in Vegas – we all found ourselves staying in different hotels.
And as is the case with different Las Vegas hotels, cleanliness standards can be a bit different from hotel to hotel, company to company.
So while Web Watch was enjoying our crisp, clean sheets, one member of our brigade found herself being transferred from one dirty hotel room to another until she ultimately asked to be checked into a different hotel across the way.
Apparently, maid service doesn’t always check to clear the room of used.. (ahem) … from underneath the bed.
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Web Watch has talked about the WORST EARWORMS EVER, but did you know that there are ongoing studies to really identify what causes earworms?
You do know what an earworm is, don’t you?
For those of you knew to the terminology – an earworm is just a fancy word that defines what happens when a song gets stuck in your head. The theme for “it’s a small world” is often cited as the worst offender, but we know better.
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In advertising and when designing websites, lots of research goes into determining exactly how to place specific items onto the page, photo, advertisement in order to determine the best layout.
Stores do this physically, by putting high-demand items (such as milk or perishables) towards the back of the store. Walt Disney did this when he decided that his new theme park needed a “weenie” in the center of the park to act as a magnet, ultimately drawing visitors towards the Castle that’s become a centerpiece of each of the Disney parks to date.
So while it’s easy to determine traffic patterns when people are walking around, how to businesses determine what makes a good print or online layout?
Some people are naturally really really good at guessing.
Some are so good at this type of analysis, that their “guesses” can come across as an emphatic psychic power.
Web Watch recalls an experiment that we did once, where we had to read the mind of someone across the room and determine what figure had been drawn on piece of paper.
The first one was easy: a circle. Anybody would have a 50-50 chance at coming up with that one.
The next one was also easy (although we forget whether it was a square, triangle, or other geometric shape), and we got that one correct as well.
It was the third one that cemented in our minds that there can be such a talent as being a mind-reader:
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Do you remember a few years ago when Web Watch showed you a REAL-WORLD COMPARISON OF GERM SIZES?
You were able to zoom in from the size of a sheet of paper down to the size of a carbon atom. Along the way, you could see and compare the sizes of different germs when compared to common, everyday objects.
Yeah, not too shabby, and kinda cool.
But what if we wanted to take the same concept, and compare the sizes of pretty much everything in the entire universe to, well, the entire universe?
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Are a WORDS WITH FRIENDS junkie?
Do you have multiple games going at one time, and fantasize about playing the exact same word on all the boards at the same time?
Do you have all the LEGAL 2-LETTER WORDS memorized, regardless of whether you actually know the definitions of those words or not? Do you know the exact number of letters that are available in the baggie, or know the difference between REGULAR SCRABBLE RULES and TOURNAMENT SCRABBLE RULES?
Yeah, you’re a word game competitor, and you’re always looking for an edge. Something to really carry your gameplay to the next level, because you’re sick and tired of losing out on that Triple Word Score because you couldn’t come up with a more creative way to use that “P” in your rack.
Web Watch has something for you. We can help you win.
All all you have to do is one simple thing…
So what is the ULTIMATE SECRET TO WINNING “WORDS WITH FRIENDS”, Scrabble, or any other popular word game?
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What do you consider to be “life”?
Everybody seems to have their own opinion of when life starts, and are generally accepting of the same definition of when life ends, but that’s not really the question that Web Watch is asking here.
Regardless of when you believe life begins, there’s still the fundamental question remaining of what “life” actually is for you.
We can pretty much all agree that inanimate objects, such as an iPhone – even with Siri – do not represent “life” at all.
So what is life?
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