December 2011
1 post
Overjustification Effect
A great article talking about how our internal narratives of intrinsically motivated behavior is adulterated with extrinsic factors….
“They then divided the children into three groups. They offered Group A a glittering certificate of awesomeness if the artists drew during the next fun time. They offered Group B nothing, but if the kids in Group B happened to draw they received an...
November 2011
1 post
College has been oversold →
I have a new book coming out soon, Launching the Innovation Renaissance, more on that later. Here is one bit drawn from the book and a recent op-ed in IBD.
Educated people have higher wages and…
October 2011
3 posts
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August 2011
4 posts
Steve Jobs' 7 Principles of Innovation →
These are really great, about a man whose legacy is cemented as world-changing.
The Breakfast Club The Illusion (Illusion of...
Studies have shown that individuals (and groups) significantly overestimate what they know about other people (or other groups). This is a subject that, if we’re honest with ourselves, is more prevalent than we’d like to believe, and helps add some depth to the concept of in-group/out-group bias.
The illusion of asymmetric insight makes it seem as though you know everyone else far...
The Case Against Crunches →
The case against doing crunches:
No one needs to perform hundreds or even dozens of crunches, said Brad Schoenfeld, a professor of exercise science at Lehman College in the Bronx and an author of…
Be more creative by stopping thought
New research by Dan Goleman, of Emotional Intelligence fame. This helps to explain why we get those great ideas at such random times.
Step one, you define and frame the problem. Many people say that one of the signs of geniuses in a field is the ability to see problems and challenges and ask questions that no one else sees or asks. So first find and frame the creative challenge.
Second,...
July 2011
3 posts
Passing Cars Unknowingly Create Street Art... →
The Singularity is Near: From Dust to Device →
This technology is only going to get better and cheaper, and it’s pretty amazing to think of how this could affect everyday life.
A Map Of America Drawn By Cellphone Connections... →
Time to redraw the map?
June 2011
7 posts
Why Do People Follow Brands? [INFOGRAPHIC] →
Larry David on Golf →
I feel Larry’s pain about being awful at golf, and he conveys this with typical Larry Davidesque curmudgeonry.
My first stage: Anger. There was a time when I was always angry on the course. Driving fast in the cart. Throwing clubs. Constantly berating myself. “You stink, four-eyes! You stink at everything. You can’t even open a bottle of wine! You can’t swipe a credit card at the...
Reblog: Normalcy Bias & Job Creation →
The past several decades have witnessed an erosion of our manufacturing base in exchange for a reliance on wealth creation via financial assets. Now, as that road approaches a dead-end cul-de-sac via interest rates that can go no lower, we are left untrained, underinvested and overindebted relative to our global competitors. The precipitating cause of our structural employment break is both...
The Cosby Sweater Project →
When’s the Cosby Sweater store opening up?
reblog: holy groupon →
My thoughts exactly…
“For businesses, the notion that deep discounting is the way to acquire loyal customers is dangerous. Competing on price doesn’t get you love; delivering high quality products and services, engaging with your customers and creating unique experiences does. The best customers buy experiences, not price.”
“Most successful young people don’t look inside and then plan a life. They...”
– - David Brooks, New York Times Columnist
Article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/opinion/31brooks.html
America's Fittest Cities →
What makes a city fit? It’s not weather, but related factors such as affluence, high education, and innovative industries.
May 2011
13 posts
Google Unveils Wallet →
Maybe I will finally be able to enjoy using a moneyclip.
Reblog: Good Ideas Are Never Lonely →
I really liked this post by my buddy Scott, the VC/Entrepreneur/Chill Music Aficionado extraordinaire. Ben’s Friends is the perfect example of an innovation that’s persisting and succeeding, despite the fact that the social network universe is now full of large established players.
7 Levers To Improve Marketing Productivity →
Publicity and the Culture of Celebritization →
A lot of people want to be famous, and some unwittingly get their wish, only with some serious consequences. An interesting look at what can happen when people successfully leverage social media into fame.
Widespread celebritization is the flipside of the “attention economy” coin and I think that we have a lot of deep thinking to do about the implications of both of these. Both are already...
New Bon Iver! →
Changing up the Stale Gym Routine
Loved this article from Men’s Journal.
As someone who has continually plateaued at the gym and subsequently become bored, this is a great learning into other ways of thinking of exercise. I’ve never been really sure when to use barbells, dumbells, or machines, and typically, I’d default to machines. Anyway, I changed it up and did my first strength training last night and...
Conversations with Dolphins? →
This is a fascinating project. If this team succeeds, they’ll have successfully conducted two way communication with another species.
Secrets to Success: Take a Break! →
Bens Friends featured in Seth Godin book →
This is more great news for Bens Friends. With each point of news coverage, we can help more rare diaease patients in need.
April 2011
12 posts
Nobody is good at multitasking →
A Scorecard for Companies With a Conscience →
This is the future.
Business Educators Struggle to Put Students to... →
Very interesting article about the lack of rigor in <Top 50 undergrad b-schools and the lack of rigorous students. Schools are now widely accepted as services, and profs are incentivized to inflate grades to obtain good assessments. Students are largely seeking to maximize socializing at the expense of actually studying. None of this is new, but this study articulates the issues in great...
Distilling the Wisdom of C.E.O.’s →
Dropbox Hits 25 Million Users →
Dropbox seems like a great service. One of those “duh” innovations that one would think would have already been matured in this phase of the web.
Walmart Declutters Aisles Per Customers' Request,... →
Walmart’s clean store strategy was a costly mistake, though I would argue an important catalyst to returning to their core - everyday low prices.
New My Morning Jacket - Circuital →
Can’t wait!
werner herzog uncovers what it means to be human →
This film looks pretty amazing.
March 2011
18 posts
Parsing the Bloody Mary →
Amazon's Cloud Music Player →
“The cloud!”
Amazon will now enable you to play YOUR music through various web devices through their cloud music player.
I’ve used Amazon’s MP3 service for some time, and I have to admit, I miss the seamlessness of the Apple experience. Yes, if you know how to save a file somewhere, it seems easy. But, if you’re like me and you download a lot of songs,...
Happy Friday. Check out Black Joe Lewis & The...
