February 2012
85 posts
Greed Isn't Good: Wealth Could Make People... →
“Occupying privileged positions in society has this natural psychological effect of insulating you from others”
Greed Isn't Good: Wealth Could Make People... →
“Occupying privileged positions in society has this natural psychological effect of insulating you from others”
Greed Isn't Good: Wealth Could Make People... →
New study: “As an individual’s wealth and status rise, so does their tendency to be unethical”
“Social Objects are the future of marketing.” |... →
RT @its_amber If you don’t understand how the geeks are connecting to others via your product, then you don’t have a mktg plan.
“But there is one compensating advantage for the people who escape the old...”
– “it is the people who figure out how to work simply in the present… who get to say what happens in the future.”
The Collapse of Complex Business Models « Clay Shirky
Robyn / SNL Dance Comparison - YouTube →
Awesome. SNL vs. Robyn dance-off. (thx Brian)
Style Guide | The Economist →
“think what you want to say, then say it as simply as possible”
BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep →
“We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you.”
Your Reputation Is Your Résumé - Technology Review →
“The résumé is vanishing as a way of representing who you are.” /via @aaretz
“Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”
– Talent imitates, genius steals: What Do Advertising Agencies Do?
Usability Is King For Your Product. Here’s How We... →
Usability is king and now you can measure it. /thx @aaretz
Graphic designers are ruining the web | Technology... →
“Designers have turned webpages from simple sources of information into bloated showcases”
Ira Glass on Storytelling on Vimeo →
Ira Glass on Storytelling. Time + Pressure. /rt @James_Gross
Facebook Profiles Found to Predict Job Performance... →
Facebook profiles can predict job performance.
Rita Dove’s List of Young Poets to Watch |... →
Rita Dove’s List of Young Poets to Watch
Pinterest as Free Market Research - Grant... →
by @grantmccracken on @hbr: “if you are interesting enough in what you pin, if you create as much value as you extract, then all is forgiven and Bob is your uncle”
Henry Silverman, Bob Pittman Back Ad Agency Droga5... →
Independence is awesome.
http://pco.lt/wySiTN →
ACTIVE CITIZEN. A louse. APPLE DUMPLIN SHOP. A woman’s bosom. BITE. A cheat.
http://pco.lt/x0tpnn →
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
“GROUP STORYTELLING: 5 BEST-IN-CLASS EXAMPLES”
– Group Storytelling: 5 Best-in-Class Examples
Group Storytelling: 5 Best-In-Class Examples @PSFK
Why QR Codes Won't Last →
“less than 5% of the American public has scanned a QR code”
Why Being Sleepy and Drunk Are Great For... →
I am both right now: Why Being Sleepy and Drunk Are Great for Creativity
“What computer would you rather use? A MacBook running Windows 7, or, say, a...”
– “What computer would you rather use? A MacBook running Windows 7, or, say, a Lenovo ThinkPad running Mac OS X 10.7?” /thx @heyitsnoah
Daring Fireball: Walter Isaacson’s ‘Steve Jobs’
Undercurrent – How Brands Are Killing Facebook ||... →
“Hiding content behind a “Like-wall” is killing the value of a Facebook Like.”
Grab Some Goodby →
That’s a class act: RT @eproulx Absolutely sucks that @gsp needed to let folks go. But they are the absolute model on how to handle it.
Nike's new marketing mojo - Fortune Management →
Everything Nike does communicates. And they know it.