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(via The Skeptics Society & Skeptic magazine)

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:57:07 -0500

(via The Skeptics Society & Skeptic magazine)

Literally Unbelievable

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:38:57 -0500

LiveWork: The Future Of Living Where You Work And Working Where You Live | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:25:37 -0500

LiveWork: The Future Of Living Where You Work And Working Where You Live | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

Lark Wristband Reveals the Best Lifestyle Choices For a Good Night's Sleep | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:50:57 -0500

Lark Wristband Reveals the Best Lifestyle Choices For a Good Night's Sleep | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:

“Appcessories” like this one were big at this years CES. Things like Nike Fuelband- that function as a physical item linked to a smartphone app, or even integrated throughout the phone platform- will be huge in coming years..

For $2 a Star, a Retailer Gets 5-Star Reviews - NYTimes.com

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:27:33 -0500

For $2 a Star, a Retailer Gets 5-Star Reviews - NYTimes.com

With Fuelband, Nike Aims To Crush Jawbone Up And Overhaul Nike | Co.Design

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:38:35 -0500

With Fuelband, Nike Aims To Crush Jawbone Up And Overhaul Nike | Co.Design:

Turning physical fitness into a game with a universal scoring

Twine, A Tiny Gizmo That Holds The Internet's Future | Co.Design

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:38:12 -0500

Twine, A Tiny Gizmo That Holds The Internet's Future | Co.Design:

Twine is a kickstarter project making a “puck filled with sensors” that detects anything from moisture to magnetism to connect things to the internet. It’ll tweet/text you status updates based on commands. No coding skills required.

"For there is a paradox of virtue, a cousin to Keynes’s paradox of thrift (where spending less and..."

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:27:17 -0500

“For there is a paradox of virtue, a cousin to Keynes’s paradox of thrift (where spending less and saving more is individually a good thing but bad for general economic health). Refusing to spend money on any product unless it is ethically manufactured is indisputably right. However, refusing to spend money—or feeling guilty for doing so—traps us both backward and forward. The backward trap comes from wishing that the Foxconn factories did not exist. In 1980, China’s GDP per capita was near the bottom of any country in the world—half the level of Sudan, for instance. By 2010, China’s GDP per capita had increased thirteen times and is now three times higher than Sudan’s. The teenagers coming to Foxconn factories to be dehumanized into machine parts often started their lives in rural villages where life is arguably worse. China’s suicide rate is the highest in the world, 287,000 people each year. But the rate in rural areas is three times higher than in urban ones. However ugly and unforgivable the conditions of factories in China, however frightening and potentially fatal China’s environmental and foreign policies, basic economic development there—and the increased human happiness—is hard to wish away.”

- n 1: Outsourcing Jobs

Grand Opening of Time/Store in New York City | e-flux

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:11:07 -0500

Grand Opening of Time/Store in New York City | e-flux

Millennials Are Playing With You - Nick Shore - Harvard Business Review

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:10:43 -0500

Millennials Are Playing With You - Nick Shore - Harvard Business Review

Could Gamification Replace Management? | @NewCommBiz

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:53:50 -0500

Could Gamification Replace Management? | @NewCommBiz

Big Box Retailer Office Depot Moves to Hoboken and Allows Shoppers to Buy Via QR Code | thebokenonline.com

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:13:00 -0500

Big Box Retailer Office Depot Moves to Hoboken and Allows Shoppers to Buy Via QR Code | thebokenonline.com:

Ambient Retail

Your Next Boss Could Be An App | @NewCommBiz

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:06:57 -0500

Your Next Boss Could Be An App | @NewCommBiz

"Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is..."

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:23:09 -0500

“Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth [laughter]. LinkedIn is greed. With Facebook, it’s vanity, and how people choose to present themselves to their friends. It’s the feeling of being connected. I like to emphasize the importance of the deep universal, psychological structure in people’s minds. Zynga is about fun. Fun is important. Fun is good. And to have the ability to do something fun for 10 or 15 minutes that’s right at your fingertips and involves your friends, well, that’s better than television in terms of social connectivity. With LinkedIn it’s taking control of your economic destiny and improving how you operate as a professional and how you can develop a competitive advantage. These are fundamentals for having a fulfilling quality of life.”

- Venture Capitalist Reid Hoffman - WSJ.com

About - Floating University

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:00:21 -0500

About - Floating University

Insight into consumer behaviour | Darling Delicious

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:06:08 -0500

Insight into consumer behaviour | Darling Delicious

Who's Your Brand's Editor-in-Chief? - David C. Edelman - Harvard Business Review

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:05:22 -0500

Who's Your Brand's Editor-in-Chief? - David C. Edelman - Harvard Business Review

MIT SENSEable City Lab

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:34:39 -0500

MIT SENSEable City Lab

Gamification: How Effective Is It?

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:51:09 -0500

Gamification: How Effective Is It?

Video: An Augmented-Reality Bananaphone, With a Real Banana (or Anything Else) | Popular Science

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:02:00 -0500

Video: An Augmented-Reality Bananaphone, With a Real Banana (or Anything Else) | Popular Science