Summary:

Testing how well people understand a links first 11 characters shows whether sites write for users, who typically scan rather than read lists of items.

via First 2 Words: A Signal for the Scanning Eye Jakob Nielsens Alertbox.

We’re collectively living through 1500, when it’s easier to see what’s broken than what will replace it.

via Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable « Clay Shirky.