Monthly Archives: August 2007

Good Freakonomics post on why there are so many new competing brands of vodkas compared to other liquors. The consensus among the comments is that it’s about brand and marketing vs. taste, since vodka is supposed to be as tasteless … Continue reading →

I read Freakonomics (WorldCat, Amazon) a few years back (as an eBook, btw), and really enjoyed it. Because of that experience, I now RSS the Freakonomics Blog (now owned by the NYT). In their most recent entry, Playboy editor Chris … Continue reading →

So I’m doing link jumping from a post on BoingBoing to a story about how "The Secret" is crap, and just generally glorifying in feeling mui superioso to those who write, market and spank this garbage. I got no beef … Continue reading →

… all those "other socks" go when you lose one of them in the dryer. Link, by way of Infocult.

Most excellent gaming blogger Amber Night gets animated at GU Comics. Way to go Amber! Next step: action figure with kung-fu typing skillz.

I teach history of advertising. One of the things we do is look for good and bad examples of various advertising concepts throughout history. I can’t find a clip of a recent ad for the Heineken Draught Keg, but it … Continue reading →

A friend of mine loves wikis but hates blogs. Wikis are for getting things done. Blogs are for self-involved blather. So I was greatly pleased that she, while joking around last month, inadvertently provided me a topic for a post: … Continue reading →

Warning: this is a post about religion and faith. If you’re here for the marketing, social networking, creativity and (supposed) humor, tune in next time. This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for awhile. But a piece from … Continue reading →

With the Zoho Viewer, you can upload a document, get a URL for it, and keep it online to share, view, etc. And there’s an embedded viewer that works on other pages. Like this. That’s just friggin’ cool.

Good article on the NYT about the State Of The Wikipedia w/ an interview of Jimmy Wales. Read the article, I’m not gonna sum it up. The part that struck me was this line: There are Polish history buffs out … Continue reading →

Jesus.

According to this ZDNet story, Microsoft is going to release MS Works as a free or ad-supported program or service or something. Not too clear on the details. That’s "release" as in, "Release the sick deer back into the wild … Continue reading →