So before muzak, Seeburg was the old piped in “radio” channel of big band and classic jazz, bossa, and lounge music that was in hotel lobbies, restaurants, bars, etc. IT IS SO GREAT: http://seeburg1000.com/ Someone (more…)
Convenience erodes our ethical compass…. Uber & AirBnB are capitalist endgame of pure selfishness.
Most of you know I have problems with Uber. Of course, idealism is out the window when there’s savings or convenience (even if you risk some insurance company not paying a claim)… just like privacy is (more…)
Rebranding Foods & the politics of forced memes.
Lobster, the cockroach of the sea, was a sign of poverty and being poor… it became fancy through a powerful rebranding. http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/how-lobster-got-fancy-59440 The book (more…)
Buoux, Hana, Sayulita, Tiburon… I have your oval stickers that are Euro style. In fact I love stickers.
There’s NO way this will ever end up in search. Ever. There’s also no way anyone’s searching for these oval stickers. Not a chance. But instead of wasting my time on cafepress, amazon, ebay, etsy, etc… (more…)
Google Timeline is fairly remarkable.
https://www.google.com/maps/timeline That’s… remarkable. They’ve had a light version in maps, but this is pretty amazing. I’ve got ZERO privacy concerns, etc. I think prospective hubbies and (more…)
Here’s an Amazon review of paper clips, and what I think about it.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2F8CW47RH29RB/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00006IBK8 Funny review of a paper clip. Trying real hard & doing it quite well. There are people that take reviewing (more…)
The Paradox of Choice, and MTV’s late 90’s revolutionarily prescient “Zoo-TV” #NOU2
The Paradox of Choice http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice?language=en Highly recommend that. Upshot: Old days: You went shopping for jeans. There was one type. They (more…)
The disruption of driverless cars melts my brain.
Sitting in a car and not holding a steering wheel would trip me out… but it’s only about control, right? It’s so much safer, but like flying… lack of control freaks us out. I cannot wait to sleep (more…)
You’re on coke. Oh you didn’t know? Marketplace’s piece on Coca-Cola’s back pedalling fails to ask an important question:
Coke cancelled their “You’re on [Diet] Coke” campaign. http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/coca-cola-cancels-its-youre-diet-coke-campaign THIS IS NOT A JOKE. I saw it was like “NO WAY – SOMEONE (more…)
The Coming Age of Long Form Journalism – some delightful examples of media rich articles.
The duality of a society with less and less attention finding the time to consume large bits of detailed information is not so surprising, as modern times find niche markets victorious. Looking to be (more…)