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March 2009

44 posts

Paul Harvey, Broadcaster, Dies at 90 → nytimes.com

Shared by Greg
Paul will be missed. What a great storyteller.

Mr. Harvey was a news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation’s most familiar voices.

Feb 28, 2009

February 2009

51 posts

“Overall, Twitter users engage with news and own technology at the same rates as other internet users, but the ways in which they use the technology — to communicate, gather and share information — reveals their affinity for mobile, untethered and social opportunities for interaction.” —http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/276/report_display.asp
Feb 28, 2009
Buyology - Martin Lindstrom's Latest Book → martinlindstrom.com

For anyone interested in consumer behavior - and how consumers really think (not just what they say), go out and buy this book - Buyology by Martin Lindstrom.   If you’re reading it now, send me some comments about what you’ve found striking.

Feb 28, 2009
The Papi Story (c. 2005, Miami International Airport)
  • Had a funny conversation with my sister tonight about how I got my nickname, Papi .... It all stems from one of those odd moments at an airport.
  • Setting: I'm running from terminal to terminal in the Miami Airport, trying to get to my flight to Belize. I'm really hungry, but needing to get to the jetway to board the flight. It's 2005, and I'm on my KAOS trip (a pre-Kellogg bonding vacation), getting to know people who would become some of my best friends.
  • Me: Yeah, can I get a strawberry and banana smoothie.
  • Nice Older Cuban Lady: jYes. One moment. (3 minutes go by)
  • Nice Older Cuban Lady: Here jyou go, papi. (Handing me the smoothie)
  • Me: Thanks. (WTF does papi mean?)
  • Not being exposed to many Hispanic people in my northeast upbringing, I told my friends about the above conversation, wondering, really, why did she call me papi? Trust me, that's confusing.
  • Later that night, the 22 were getting to know each other better, and we played what I can best describe as one of those memory icebreakers involving nicknames and hometowns.
  • As it got to my turn, I explained where I'm from, then told about my confusing conversation from Miami.
  • Me: I don't really have any nicknames right now, but the smoothie lady at the Miami Airport called me papi, and I kinda liked it. (joking)
  • Tim Hill: Sorry, Papi, that's going to stick.
  • And so it did. Sorry to disappoint my Hispanic Twitter followers, but that's the story.
Feb 27, 2009
Re-Thinking The Focus Group: Tropicana Design Flops → feedproxy.google.com

Shared by Greg
This is an excellent post about the changing nature of consumer feedback.


A while back, I wrote a white paper called “The Collective Is The Focus Group”. A version of it…

Feb 26, 2009
Video Game Themed Music Videos → feeds.laughingsquid.com

guest post by Doctor Popular

Music and video games are two subjects that nerds can relate to. With the popularity of retro gaming and the ease and low production costs of using machinima,…

Feb 26, 2009
modular design is the future → influxinsights.com

Shared by Greg
I love this phone. Glad to see it coming closer to commercialization. Wireless carriers will be salivating.

Gadgets as disposable items is not a sustainable proposition. We can’t…
Feb 26, 2009
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Feb 26, 2009
Feb 26, 2009
Massive 3D Street Art → feeds.feedburner.com

Last year, during the Festival of World Culture in Ireland, German artist Edgar Mueller painted one his iconic optical illusions over a 250 square meter patch of asphalt.  Using…

Feb 26, 2009
Spring training - Big Shots - Boston.com → boston.com

I love this photo.

Feb 26, 2009
Alcohol Sales Plummet [Recession] → feeds.gawker.com

Shared by Greg
On the bright side, meth sales are WAY up.

What’s up, beer drinkers of America? Bloomberg notes that “take-out sales of alcoholic beverages tumbled 9.3 percent in the…

Feb 26, 2009
Astronomy Picture of the Day → apod.nasa.gov
Feb 25, 2009
Social websites harm children's brains: Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist | Mail Online → dailymail.co.uk

Short attention spans?  Isn’t that why we invented Ritalin?

Feb 24, 2009
Peter Gammons: Problem a generational one - ESPN → sports.espn.go.com

This is a must read on performance enhancing drugs.  Pretty shocking to say the least.

Feb 24, 2009
Listen

Saw this on the radar.  Aaah, memories.

kid-nothing-girl:

Pure Imagination - Gene Wilder

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Soundtrack

Feb 23, 200982 notes
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Feb 23, 2009
Dog Lovers: Molly Mutt is Open → feeds.feedburner.com

Shared by Greg
Reblog from Kenny Kellogg.

My friend Molly is an incredible designer and dog lover, so it made perfect sense when she told me she had designed a line of “Doggy Duvets.”

 

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Feb 23, 2009
Album Cover Workout → gonzogal.com

Fun little modern chain letter game passed on by Kenny Kellogg. The first song on this album, Hope for a Favorable Wind by the mythic band, Defense Industry of Iran, will be a death metal version…

Feb 22, 2009
antikris: fimoculous: The Future of Dating What do you mean... → luvvbuggblog.com



antikris:

fimoculous:

The Future of Dating

What do you mean future?

I seriously need this software.  I would even buy an iPhone if this software were available. 

Feb 22, 2009
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