The Sexiest Naked Conversationalists

Have I mentioned that Kathy Sierra is consistently among my favorite bloggers? This post right here is one of my reasons. She has a way to pull out stuff that I find fascinating and I never would have found on my own.

In this case, she shows a,well provocative photo of a pretty naked woman whose most private areas are veiled by a shower curtain baring only a bit of leg, arm and face while the rest is left to imagination.

She says scientists argue that this sort of photo, leaving key points to the beholder's cognitive imagination, turns on people of the male persuasion more than a full frontal nude would.

I am not going to er... reveal if this is true of me, but I do wonder how scientists researched the matter and how they drew the conclusion.

The marketing point, however, is irrefutable. We all hate total brain dumps. We like being fed information in little spoonfuls taking more if we wish after we've digested what we've receive so far.  There are no business stories that I recall hearing, where I could not fill in the unrevealed parts and felt, well satisfied.

As far as Kathy's photo goes, well I have to admit that i really love the shower curtain.









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Comments

[Steve Salter]

You really made me sit up and think about the analogy you presented in your post, Shel. In particular, the very real fact that "We all hate total brain dumps" and that "We like being fed information in little spoonfuls - taking more if we wish, after we've digested what we've received so far".

This concept can easily be demonstrated (in the absense of a tantalisingly sheer shower curtain *winks*) when one considers how much more we're all tempted to read an article or post on the home page of a blog when stopped in our tracks with a... "Read more..." or "click here to read more" link.

Even if the opening couple of sentences were rather dull, it takes brute will-power or a screen-freeze to prevent most of us from 'clicking through' to read the rest!

In closing, here's a variation on a theme...

"No shower curtain... full frontal nudity... but in complete darkness due to a timely power failure:):):)"

Steve S

[Doug Karr]

I could not agree more. The time that Kathy takes for images, diagrams, etc. that capture your attention is incredible.

Of course, I never actually read this particular post.

:)

[shel israel]

Then I guess it's curtains for you, Doug.

[Amanda Chapel]

Hello! Thank you!!

So much for all that fascist "total transparency" crap.

- Amanda

[Sterling Camden]

Love the shower curtain? I want to be the shower curtain.

[KDPaine]

And what about an entire calendar that as Kami Hughes put it, lends a whole new meaning to "Naked Conversations" http://breastfriendscalendar.com -- AND its for a good cause! With love from your friend, "Miss June."

[ikku]

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