Category Archives: Technical Ramblings

Marketing Does NOT Fit Everywhere

            The disconnect is alive and well between business and life. I really think that business people actually have to turn it off once in a while so that they can remember the human aspect … Continue reading

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Another Company Gets It

New Balance is the latest company to get on board with reusing recycled materials. newSKY is their brand of shoes that is made from 95% recycled PET plastic bottles. The trend with New Balance started with their NB Minimus brand, … Continue reading

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Words From The Inside

          I heard about the Starbucks employee, Chris Cristwell, that got fired for a rant video about his day with inconsiderate customers, and just had to write about it. Now granted, I wasn’t in favor of … Continue reading

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So You Want To Know How Different Generations Work

          How does media consumption differ from generation to generation? It’s the key question that all media and business people want answers to, so that they can figure out those generational quirks. Well, you wanted it, … Continue reading

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Books, Books, Everywhere Books

Have you wondered about how mankind has changed over the years? Have you ever wanted to read all of the available books to find out (YES!)? Because there is a lot of information to be found in the billions of … Continue reading

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People Show Their True Nature

Here’s a look at the Occupy Wall Street Protests #occupywallst (put together by embrown23 on Youtube) And here’s what the officials are causing: http://youtu.be/jYaA-34c-vI This is the kind of event that shows people’s true natures. I would suggest that you weigh … Continue reading

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404 or Is It?

As far as 404 (non-existent link) pages go, this one is pretty tame and yet also pretty inspiring! Turning a 404 into an opportunity to browse into a discovery about the site that you were aiming for. And doing it … Continue reading

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Language IS Personal

              I read an interesting article about how Google Translate works (thanks again, Gisele, for the retweet). It was eye-opening to read that their software aggregates and mechanically interprets the translations already present on … Continue reading

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An important message – Blind by Yukihiro Shoda

Yukihiro Shoda has a powerful message to present in this video. It’s about time that we hear it, and do something about it now. “Turning away from today’s reality will blind our future” – found in a DesignTaxt post and … Continue reading

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Motivations By Dan Pink

Nicolas Sampson from Urban Times has unearthed another gem of a video. This time he offers for our viewing pleasure Dan Pink, who is the creator for this thought stream full of cartoon characters showing what motivates people today. Dan is a … Continue reading

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