Parallax compression, Biomimicry & targeting the Reddit CEO

Parallax compression — An Interesting Pattern in the Prime Numbers

Prime Numbers, one of the biggest mysteries of Mathematics. What are they? They are the numbers that are only divisible by 1 and itself. e.g. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 19 and so on. It may not seem special at the beginning, but as we go further, they become challenging to find. In his blog,

Nova Spivack

talks about how Shaun Gilchrist, a software engineer reached out to him and had an interesting pattern he had discovered in prime numbers! It’s quite an extensive blog and mind-boggling too, with a link to an interactive website where you could play around with it yourself.

Link to Nova’s Blog — http://www.novaspivack.com/science/we-have-discovered-a-new-pattern-in-the-prime-numbers-parallax-compression

Biomimicry: How Designers Are Learning from the Natural World

In 1989, Japan’s Shinkansen Bullet Train had a problem. It was really fast, pushing 170 miles per hour. But every time it exited a tunnel, it created a loud sonic boom that disrupted surrounding residential neighbourhoods. So an engineering team was brought in to design a quieter, faster and more efficient train. And they had a secret weapon: the general manager of the technical development department was a birdwatcher.

This video is a story of how biomimicry is reshaping the world of design:

Targeting the reddit CEO

In his blog, Chris Seline talks about how he targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit. Instead of mailing them or getting in touch with their HR; He chose a rather unconventional method to get the interview. All I can say is, it’s quite an interesting technique!

Here’s the blog link definitely give it a read — http://twicsy-blog.tumblr.com/post/174063770074/how-i-targeted-the-reddit-ceo-with-facebook-ads-to

P.S. He Got the job ;)

That’s all for this week. Hope you liked it. You can find other episodes here.