A two-year study by the Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries Project concludes that students are so used to conducting simple searches on Google that they have a hard time doing more sophisticated research either online or in the library.

via Just Google It: How Search Engines Stunt College Students Research Skills – Education – GOOD.

Apple’s storefront design symmetry – TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

Apple’s newly constructed 4th Street Store in Berkeley, California which is constructed to be symmetrical and aligned. The 76 centimeter stone tiles within the store are the focal point of this design. Both the store’s windows panels and the sidewalk tiles outside the store are a multiple of this 76 cm dimension. It’s a subtle design element that is pleasing to the eyes and may help draw traffic into the new retail store.