March 2009
1 post
December 2008
4 posts
“Renaming the department would signal that Mr. Obama seeks to move away from a...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Obama’s ‘Secretary of Food’? - NYTimes.com
WatchSchool lunches. A good explanation of the problem and an alternative solution.
Videos - CHOW
November 2008
1 post
“I’ve learned that this election is about the heart of America. It’s...”
– My wife made me canvass for Obama; here’s what I learned | csmonitor.com
October 2008
4 posts
“Comcast Corp. often resolves dozens of customer-service issues a day over...”
– Twitter Goes Mainstream - WSJ.com
I think I’d be a little creeped out to have Comcast call me at home a few hours after I tweeted about them. But then again, if someone’s offering to fix my problem, that’s not nothin’.
The 4 Kinds of "Free" - Marketing & Strategy... →
Love this post. Great visualizations that succintly sum up interactions that would take many words to describe. And a great example of some of the connections we’re seeing happen at a greater pace as new exchange and communication platforms emerge.
September 2008
5 posts
Microsoft ends 'Bill and Jerry' ads as it... →
Yesterday, Valleywag wrote that Microsoft was canning its $300 million ad campaign featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld after only two commercials. Today, it turns out the ads won’t…
Where Our Money Goes →
The New York Times has created an interactive graph that illustrates where the world’s discretionary income goes. Four categories are charted including clothing & footwear, electronics,…
“This is the paradox of ambient awareness. Each little update — each individual...”
– I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You - Clive Thompson - NYTimes.com
“Social scientists have a name for this sort of incessant online contact. They...”
– I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You - Clive Thompson - NYTimes.com
Business Week: How Companies Use Twitter to... →
August 2008
4 posts
“The trend slips under the radar of national data, but phone calls to various...”
– New bike commuters hit the classroom, then the road | csmonitor.com
“Second, in order to cement your status in the cultural elite, you want to be...”
– David Brooks - Lord of the Memes - NYTimes.com
Oil support you →
By Kate Sheppard John McCain’s call for more offshore drilling has resulted in an influx of oil money to his campaign coffers, as we reported earlier this week. Yesterday, Campaign Money Watch…
“A survey of “100 ‘forward trendsetters’ in NY, SF, LA, and...”
– 2008 Favorite Green Brands Index | Marktd
July 2008
11 posts
Surprise! Hit Song is Secretly a Commercial →
R&B singer Chris Brown has a top 10 hit out at the moment called “Forever”. It’s actually number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 right now, and it’s gaining in popularity. It may even reach #1.
WatchCBS Sunday Morning on the rise of bicycling. Features Portland’s bike infrastructure and interviews Sam Adams.
Bicycle Mania! - CBS News Video
“This fall, The Institute for the Future invites you to play Superstruct, the...”
– Superstruct! Play the game, invent the future. | The Institute For The Future
“I plopped the kids back on top of the SnapDeck. We must have looked like a...”
– Sport utility bike | Salon Life
What can you get for $5? →
The Five Dollar Comparison aims to show how far you can get with a crisp Lincoln - a length that varies drastically depending on where you are. The site features user-submitted photos of…
Sun Power: Windows Can Generate Electricity →
Window panes that generate power via solar power are becoming a reality. This makes so much sense, as there’s all that wasted sun energy pouring through those glass panes all day. Nihon…
“I can’t tell you how joyful it makes me to hear that it’s trendy for people in...”
– A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss - NYTimes.com
“A report presented Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council concludes...”
– Oregon residents better positioned to cope with high gas prices - OregonLive.com
“Innocentive reflects “a huge shift in popular culture, from consuming to...”
– If You Have a Problem, Use Innocentive to Ask Everyone - NYTimes.com
“After decades investing in oil, T. Boone Pickens is now pouring billions of...”
– Oilman Pickens Shifts Focus To Wind Energy : NPR
June 2008
8 posts
High Fuel Costs Could Spur a New Rationalism →
Gas prices are at $4 a gallon and still headed north. So far, the obvious things have happened: SUV sales are plummeting, airlines are mothballing gas-guzzling planes, Americans are driving fewer…
“Thirty-five percent of the nation’s wealth, according to Leinberger, has...”
– Is America’s suburban dream collapsing into a nightmare? - CNN.com
When I went out to grab lunch today I noticed lots of bikes. The first one that caught my eye was an older bearded fellow on a Brompton folder. Its interesting to see the diversity of bike styles in Portland. I ride to work most days, so I see lots of bikes around town, but it’s starting to feel like there’s higher volume than last year. I’ve heard that bus ridership is up...
“We’re active participants on the Web, looking for information and...”
– How we read online. - Slate Magazine
“SRI Investors: “We do not wish to see the benefits of BP’s...”
– Investors Decry BP’s Entry Into Tar Sands
Underneath the surface of the “green brand,” there’s an oil company, doing business as an oil company. Mr. Frog, meet Mr. Scorpion.
Brand Tags →
“It’s called Brand Tags and the idea is simple: You tag brands with the first thing that comes to mind. The idea came to me as I was working on my Brand vs. Utility presentation a few months ago. The thinking went something like this: If brands exist as the sum of all thoughts in someone’s head, then if you ask a bunch of people what a brand is and make a tag cloud, you should...
“…in addition to being a center of finance, entertainment, fashion, and...”
– Michael Bloomberg - “The Tragic Lag Between What We Know and What We Do” - Dot Earth
May 2008
2 posts
Is There Such a Thing as "Eco-travel"? →
“”To travel, or not to travel? That is the question in our globally-conscious eco-conscious age, and it has become a catch-22 for many. To effect global-level change, we must travel to far-flung places. But in order to get there, we must take the planes…” (via PSFK)
