As reported in "The Onion" and with holiday weekend implications, consumption of double stuff Oreos may lead to "tolerance": For 90 percent of Americans, it now takes twice as much stuf to reach the same level of satisfaction once achieved with a single layer of stuf," the report … [Read more...]
How To Lose Your Wallet – Gain Customers
November 20, 2008 By 1 Comment
With the economy this bad, you'd probably want to hold on to your wallet tighter than ever. Unless of course you're a king. The Burger King in this case. So Good, a blog devoted to "the absurd world of food" reports that stealth marketing agents are "losing their wallets" … [Read more...]
People Are Like Velcro
October 22, 2008 By 4 Comments
Riding the packed 6 train in New York at rush hour, chest to chest with total strangers, separated only by the thin white cord of earbuds and hidden iPods, I feel the anxiety rubbing off on me. New York City is emotionally charged at the moment. The streets crackle with the … [Read more...]
Geo-Coding Hot Dogs in New Jersey
January 22, 2007 By Leave a Comment
If you're trying to get your mind around what a mashup is, take a look at Platial.com and see how consumers are geocoding retail by theme and recommendation. The site is designed to enable anyone to find, create and use meaningful maps of places that matter to them. Under … [Read more...]
World’s Most Ridiculous Inter-Office Form
March 3, 2005 By Leave a Comment
While working in Sarajevo a friend showed me what has to be the world's most ridiculous inter-office form [click to download PDF version of the "Toilet Paper Tracking Form] ... a toilet paper tracking sheet. When I asked him "who uses more T.P... men or women, and on which floor?" … [Read more...]