Why I don’t blog often

Why I Gave Up Blogs To Read More Books : Coconut Headsets The web today is driven by novelty and recency. In order for content companies to survive, they must produce fresh content at an incredible pace. The result, is articles that are more designed to get you clicking than to get you thinking. When [...]

Music Break: Michel Camilo

“How this economy is going to play out”

Firedoglake » How This Economy Is Going To Play Out Back in November, I wrote a brief article describing how I expected the financial meltdown underway to continue, and how I expected it to impact the real economy. Below I’m reprinting the 10 predictions I made and I’ve put in italics those which have already [...]

Good analysis of the subprime “mechanics” and how we got here

“The Subprime Crisis Is Just Starting” by Daniel R. Amerman, FSU Editorial 03/20/2008 When we put all these unfortunate facts together, we may not know for sure whether any disaster scenario is going to happen — but I think we all have to agree that there is a significant chance that it just… might happen.

Paving the way for Mobile through solar and wind power

How to make charitable appeals more effective

photo credit: MK89Really interesting research and article here: New Research Sheds Light on What Works in Charitable Appeals – Philanthropy.com In one experiment, researchers found that information about the scope of a crisis may dilute the emotional impact of an image of a single victim. Subjects in the experiment were shown a photograph of Rokia, a [...]

Kewpie Tarako: perfect viral marketing campaign example

An important marketing lesson here, and some fun at the same time… This video is weird, but not disgusting in any way. It has a cheesy and repetitive song that won’t go out of your mind for the next 5h! It is great in its weirdness so people will pass it on like crazy. It [...]

Getting closer to “mind reading”

“Brain Reading” Device Can Predict What People See A new computer program can match brain activity with visual images and even predict what people are seeing, a study has shown. The work raises the possibility that one day computers could “read” a person’s brain to digitally re-create memories, dreams, or imaginings.

The Top 10 Changes In My Business Thinking | Business Pundit

The Top 10 Changes In My Business Thinking | Business Pundit Five years ago, my views on business were very very different than they are today. So I thought for an appropriate last post, I would examine the top 10 things about business that I view differently than I did 5 years ago. I am [...]