Gender gap: are women choosing to be where they are?

The freedom to say ‘no’ – The Boston Globe Now two new studies by economists and social scientists have reached a perhaps startling conclusion: An important part of the explanation for the gender gap, they are finding, are the preferences of women themselves. When it comes to certain math- and science-related jobs, substantial numbers of [...]

Interesting tip about pricing and online databases

In real estate, a price of $201,000 vs. $199,999 tends to be the “better” price. The reason: most search engines cluster homes into groupings (e.g, $150,000 – $199,000 … $200,000 – $249,000, etc.) So, a house at $199,000 would be at the top of a group, and would be compared to all others in the [...]

Mobile Marketing at its best: “World Worst War”

Quicktime video about the campaign http://www.dandad.org/awards08/qt.asp?entry_id=18031&f=000L&title=World’s%20Worst%20War Team and images http://www.dandad.org/awards08/entry.asp?entry_id=18031 Two things to notice here: this is the result of inter-generational marketing teams working together: real marketing dynamite. Some people think that this is typically “weird Japanese” but would not necessarily work in the West, or not to such an extent… This is not correct. [...]

Mobile predictions and hype

Bearing in mind the state of the world economy, any predictions in the mobile space going forward more than a year are laughable. You can bake a cake with three ingredients and your reliable, old oven. However, you just can’t just predict the time it will take to bake a cake with 20 ingredients -10 [...]

How much of it is in our own heads?

Our view of the world and its future is highly influented by our personal experience. reddit.com: Energy, food and economic fears looming, new survivalists prepare for the worst Here’s an interesting anecdote for you. I used to follow a conspiracy site that had a survivalist bent, and for awhile gave serious consideration to the author’s [...]

10 Reasons Gen Xers Are Unhappy at Work

10 Reasons Gen Xers Are Unhappy at Work – Harvard Business Online’s Tammy Erickson I’m worried about Generation X and corporations. As far as I can tell, these two have a tentative relationship at best – and are likely headed for some rocky times ahead. Corporations really need Gen X – folks in their 30’s [...]

Porn can be good for you – Peter Tatchell

Porn can be good for you – Red Pepper Any opposition to consensual sexual violence and humiliation is based on many ifs and maybes and it seems unfair to penalise the majority of mature, responsible SM lovers on the grounds of what an aberrant minority of viewers of this extreme imagery might do subsequently.

100-Plus Tips and Resources to Become an Authority Site in Your Niche

100-Plus Tips and Resources to Become an Authority Site in Your Niche – Inside CRM Becoming an authority site is a lofty goal, but with the right amount of dedication and expertise, you can achieve it. Building authority means staying on top of news, networking and proving that you know your stuff better than anyone [...]

Aging effects

Not very relevant to the content of this blog, but interesting nonetheless. Every time I see this graphic effect, it reminds me of the impermanence of all things…us included. A bit depressing, really…

“Peak oil”? Not necessarily. Try “massive speculation”…

Perhaps 60% Of Today’s Oil Price Is Pure Speculation The large purchases of crude oil futures contracts by speculators have, in effect, created an additional demand for oil, driving up the price of oil for future delivery in the same manner that additional demand for contracts for the delivery of a physical barrel today drives [...]