The Fourth Screen Ascends

Move over bacon, now there’s something meatier. A new report from Nielsen shows that ads on outside-the-house video screens — in places like health clubs, gas stations and elevators — can reach many more people than ads on prime-time television.

The Fourth Screen Ascends

Move over bacon, now there’s something meatier. A new report from Nielsen shows that ads on outside-the-house video screens — in places like health clubs, gas stations and elevators — can reach many more people than ads on prime-time television.

Teen Girls Show Restraint Online

Really! Most casual observers believe that teenage girls share shopping information — especially about sales on cool clothes, music, etc. — with their friends online, and that they follow those tips with online purchases. But that belief is only about

Teen Girls Show Restraint Online

Really! Most casual observers believe that teenage girls share shopping information — especially about sales on cool clothes, music, etc. — with their friends online, and that they follow those tips with online purchases. But that belief is only about

“They don’t know that we know that they know we know”

Apparently, humans can comfortably keep track of three different mental states at a time. For example, the proposition “Peter said that Paul believed that Mary liked chocolate” is not too hard to follow. Add a fourth level, though, and it’s

“They don’t know that we know that they know we know”

Apparently, humans can comfortably keep track of three different mental states at a time. For example, the proposition “Peter said that Paul believed that Mary liked chocolate” is not too hard to follow. Add a fourth level, though, and it’s

Bitching About Foursquare

The best dis I’ve read in a long time – read every word of it here. The mobile phone fad Foursquare is about to hit 1 million users. But while early adopters have signed on to play their little games,

Bitching About Foursquare

The best dis I’ve read in a long time – read every word of it here. The mobile phone fad Foursquare is about to hit 1 million users. But while early adopters have signed on to play their little games,

Creative Commerce Debate Rages On

I can’t wait to read this – I’m debating whether to muddle through in French or wait for the translation. Perhaps Mauvais Garcon could become my spring challenge. Art v fashion, is precisely how the journalist and writer Marie-Dominique Lelièvre

Creative Commerce Debate Rages On

I can’t wait to read this – I’m debating whether to muddle through in French or wait for the translation. Perhaps Mauvais Garcon could become my spring challenge. Art v fashion, is precisely how the journalist and writer Marie-Dominique Lelièvre

Femivores

More lefty liberals writing about their friends from the New York Times. Fascinating – read it here. Femivorism is grounded in the very principles of self-sufficiency, autonomy and personal fulfillment that drove women into the work force in the first

Femivores

More lefty liberals writing about their friends from the New York Times. Fascinating – read it here. Femivorism is grounded in the very principles of self-sufficiency, autonomy and personal fulfillment that drove women into the work force in the first

A Nation That Cooks With An Index Finger

A look at what was cooking at the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago this past week. In the 1980s, the popcorn button on the microwave seemed like the last word in convenience. Now, ovens ranging from countertop convection

A Nation That Cooks With An Index Finger

A look at what was cooking at the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago this past week. In the 1980s, the popcorn button on the microwave seemed like the last word in convenience. Now, ovens ranging from countertop convection

Wal-Mart Goes Local

Another example of a big guy trying to emulate the little guys. Do you think it will be successful? Wal-Mart is seeing green with its burgeoning Heritage Agriculture program. The objective: Entice farms within one day’s drive of its warehouses

Wal-Mart Goes Local

Another example of a big guy trying to emulate the little guys. Do you think it will be successful? Wal-Mart is seeing green with its burgeoning Heritage Agriculture program. The objective: Entice farms within one day’s drive of its warehouses

Modern Marriage

Modern American marriage was the subject of this article in the Christian Science Monitor this week. Some interesting stats contained within: Only 50 or 60 percent of Americans say that adultery would be an automatic deal breaker for their marriage,

Modern Marriage

Modern American marriage was the subject of this article in the Christian Science Monitor this week. Some interesting stats contained within: Only 50 or 60 percent of Americans say that adultery would be an automatic deal breaker for their marriage,

The Mom Myth

Does my discomfort with this article make me a self-hating blogger? I can’t imagine my mother and her friends being concerned with building their own brands.

The Mom Myth

Does my discomfort with this article make me a self-hating blogger? I can’t imagine my mother and her friends being concerned with building their own brands.