State of the Blogosphere

Blog posts in the last 120 days: 7.4 million Blog posts in the last 90 days: 900,000 Percentage of the top 100 U.S. newspapers that have reporter blogs: 95 Source: Technorati

Southwest Gives a Lesson in Building Brand Loyalty: Don’t Be Boring

This was passed around all over the Interwebs. As Steve Hall noted on AdGabber: “This is the best. This is how brands should build loyalty. This is how flying should be. We’ve all heard the mindlessly boring pre-flight announcements airline attendants make prior to taking off. All that crap about putting the tray up, placing [...]

Twitter Adoption over the past year

Samsung: Creative Sheeple

I’m just praying that this came out of a brainstorm somewhere ….

Stop the Presses

There is one line from an ancient Chinese multi-curse that goes, “May you live in interesting times.” Well, it would appear that we are all cursed because I don’t recall things ever being so damn fascinating. To put it simply, big things – seemingly steady, permanent things – are crumbling to the ground. Huge banks [...]

FutureMan Visits the 1950s

Swiped from Dan Lyon’s blog.

Mother of All Funk Chords

There’s a music video genius out there exhibiting the most dangerous of behaviors – he’s doing it for fun. Meet Kutiman, an Israeli musician who’s wowing us with his homemade videos using a collage of other people’s YouTube clips. As stated by Peter Kafka stated on All Things D, “If you’re one of the people [...]

Night With a Futurist II

So, I’m kind of digging the Da Vinci Institute here in Colorado. I joined to keep tabs on big brains like Thomas Frey and maybe accidentally learn something along the way. Working so far from ya’ll, it really helps to just unplug, spackle on some make-up and mingle with real-live human beings once in awhile. [...]

The Daily Show on Twitter

Okay, after several failed attempts to embed this hilarious video on the blog, I’ve given up – a link will have to do. Old Man Jon Stewart shakes his fist at some new intrusive technologies while Samanta Bee Tweets and vlogs her way through the report. My fave quote from Samantha Bee: “Oh, dammit! My stalker just [...]

Night With a Futurist

Last night, I attended an event through the DaVinci Institute called ‘Night with a Futurist’. Ever since I heard the term, I’ve wondered: What is a futurist? How does one become a futurist? Is there a special school? Handshake? Tattoo? Facebook group? I had questions. The star of the evening was renowned smartypants Thomas Frey, [...]