January 2012
2 posts
Cut the working week to a maximum of 20 hours,... →
underpaidgenius:
If we were rational about the new world of work, we would accept the idea that people should work less, since productivity has climbed so much in the past few decades. But will that be accepted doctrine of Western countries? Cab we shift to a 20 hour work week?
Heather Stewart via The Observer
A thinktank, the New Economics Foundation (NEF), which has organised the [recent...
“Meanwhile, the Republicans labor to convert themselves into the party of...”
– James Howard Kunstler, 2012 Forecast: Bang and Whimper via Clusterfuck Nation
(via azspot)
December 2011
1 post
Hold up, wait a minute....: Top 20 social media... →
desdemonab:
Data galore: A screen grab from Radian6. A rare comparison of the major monitoring & engagement services: Radian6, Lithium, Attensity360 & 17 more Target audience: Brands, corporations, mid-size to large businesses. See Socialbrite’s series on social media…
For later.
November 2011
2 posts
September 2011
4 posts
August 2011
10 posts
“Today, the answer seems both more modest and more challenging: if we want to...”
– How America turned poverty into a crime - Great Recession | Economic Recession, Economic Crisis - Salon.com (via leahj)
Precisely.
2 tags
In case you missed it, Arne Duncan basically... →
themattsmith:
This is a pretty big deal
YES.
July 2011
13 posts
The Giant Internet Hand of Spanking →
It’s everything I ever wanted to say.
Watchthedailywhat:
Movie Trailer of the Day: First full trailer for Paolo Sorrentino’s This Must Be The Place — AKA “that movie where Sean Penn dresses up like Robert Smith from The Cure.”
The film, which stars Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Harry Dean Stanton, David Byrne, and the aforementioned Penn as a former rock star turned Nazi hunter, is expected to have a limited North American release...
June 2011
2 posts
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
6 posts
“I just woke from a dream where she’d returned to speak to me of the time we lost...”
– Jackie Summers (via narratrix)
“Damn, congressman, we’re trying to get up the road here. Either lay out a plan...”
– http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/the-defense-of-marriage-act-blues.html
February 2011
4 posts
Social media plays role in Egypt some expected in...
Dictators are toppled by people, not by media platforms. But Egyptian activists, especially the young, clearly harnessed the power and potential of social media, leading to the mass mobilizations in Tahrir Square and throughout Egypt. The Mubarak regime recognized early on that social media could loosen its grip on power. The government began disrupting Facebook and Twitter as protesters hit the...
“Women aged 18 to 49 are among the most likely to believe they need $100,000 or...”
– Americans Have Down-to-Earth Goals for Living Comfortably
I think it’s probably due to what they call “bag-lady syndrome.” I know I have it.
“…women may be particularly susceptible to the Facebook illusion. For one...”
– Is Facebook making us sad? Stanford University research and Sherry Turkle’s new book Alone Together suggest that social networking may foster loneliness. - By Libby Copeland - Slate Magazine
I don't know anything, I swear.
It’s been a year. My return to public blogging? Hardly. But, as with anything, forming a habit takes time and some sort of effort, and so, I pick up the keyboard again hoping that something interesting will come pouring out of it. (This will not be that post. Sorry to those of you who were hoping for a miracle but in the interim, I have lost my ability to write the way I used to.) I...
January 2011
2 posts
Kickstarter - JELLOWARE : Biodegradable, Edible... →
I love this idea!
Edelman+Digital: Eleven Trends to Watch in 2011,... →
A little something that the brains in the Edelman yard have cooked up for all of you social-marketing folks to peruse and percolate upon.
December 2010
6 posts
