With clearly too much time on my hands this morning, I found myself wondering how many cells one could have in an Excel spreadsheet. Turns out (unless I’m mistaken, which is totally possible, but I doubt it) the answer is 15,073,280.  I was able to scroll down to row 65,536 and over to column […]

First we were given hard data on why public cell phone conversations are so annoying and now we can finally do something about it.  Coudal Partners, a design, advertising and interactive firm, brings us SHHH! – Society for Handheld Hushing and these handy-dandy cards to give out when people just […]

Am I the only one who finds this year’s list of the top 20 U.S. concert tours so fascinating?  Number one is Phil Collins…PHIL COLLINS! Followed by Sting, Bette Midler, Metallica, Barry Manilow and the list goes on. Metallica is sandwiched between Bette Midler and Barry Manilow. That’s very humorous to me.  Bette Midler’s […]

Ever wonder how elevators get tested?  Me neither. Then I learned of the Otis Research Center in Bristol, CT, where Otis Elevator Company uses a 29-story tower to test every aspect of an elevator’s performance as well as simulate all kinds of snarky problems like lightening strikes, blackouts/brownouts, bumpy transportation to an installation site […]

J.D. Power & Associates has just released results from its annual Global Airport Satisfaction Index Study. Of large airports (30 million+ passengers/year), Hong Kong ranked best while JFK ranked worst.  My hometown airport in Portland (PDX) ranked 4/35 for medium-size airports (10 million to less than 30 million passengers/year).  Way to go PDX! What […]

Results have just been released from Gallup’s annual survey of what professions people find to be most honest and ethical.  Interesting stats. via [FC Now]

First, one-minute “mobisodes” were created based on the television show 24 to be delivered exclusively to mobile phones and now a full-length feature film is actually being premiered that way – one day before the film is released in theaters.  The mobile content train just keeps a rollin’. via [URBANintelligence]

Just realized that I linked to 25 posts in my Top 24 of 2004 list.  To be honest, I compiled that list at midnight at could swear I only counted 24.  Maybe the blog fairy (there is one, right?) added one after I was finished or maybe it’s like when you buy a dozen […]

In honor of the year that was, I am participating in the Top 24 of 2004 being compiled by Todd at a penny for…  While the following posts are in no particular order, reading them will give you a pretty good idea of what Perception Analyzer Dial.Log has been about […]

Results of a new survey by Harris Interactive for The Boston Consulting Group show what categories of products people are willing to pay more for (i.e. trade up) and to pay less for (i.e. trade down).  What distracts me from the rest of the data is that the second thing people choose to trade […]