
12 2024 January
Will 2024 Be the Year Cities Finally Ditch Parking Minimums?
What if the one of the biggest reasons for poverty and homelessness in cities wasn’t a lack of money or ballooning health care costs, but...
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11 2024 January
Mickey Mouse Enters the Public Domain … Here’s What It Means
The first big meme of the year is Mickey Mouse finally entering the public domain, which means creators can use the iconic Disney character to...
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10 2024 January
A Rare Roundup of African Startups and Countries to Watch in 2024
In the process of curating this newsletter every week, I read a lot of stories about startups and innovation. Hardly any feature case studies from...
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09 2024 January
The World’s Biggest Tech Trade Show: CES 2024
Coming back to work last week, my inbox was filled with pitches about products, technologies, and innovations that are launching at CES this week. I...
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02 2024 January
How Sound Boxes Are Accelerating Digital Payments Across India
Digital payments are easier than ever in India, but what if you’re a street vendor who accepts them but doesn’t read or write? How could...
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28 2023 December
How To Buy Cultural Souvenirs from Your Vacation in an Ethical Way
On a recent trip to Australia, I reached out to a local tattoo artist for a session. After learning it was inappropriate for someone without...
Read Now27 2023 December
Inside the New York Times Big Bet on Gaming
The team of editors at the New York Times that’s currently breaking new ground isn’t one that you’d expect. Gaming has become such a major surging area...
Read Now26 2023 December
The Most Positive and Uplifting News From 2023 … in an Infographic
Just in time for the end of the year, the team at Information is Beautiful has put together an infographic with all the “positive trends...
Read Now23 2023 December
The 2024 Soft Power Survey Honors Countries Who Still Practice the Art of Diplomacy in Complex Times
Pandas have long been used as a symbol of international cooperation. Known as “envoys of friendship,” the loaning of pandas from China to other nations...
Read Now21 2023 December
What Three Beers Can Teach You About Reinventing Your Marketing
Beer is a category that has long been defined by the tastes great less filling debate. As a result, it’s easy to think that disruption...
Read Now20 2023 December
The Untold Backstory of Warm Winter Spices Like Nutmeg and Cinnamon
There’s a story I used to tell in my marketing keynotes about the early popularity of cinnamon. Spice traders hundreds of years ago, wanted to...
Read Now19 2023 December
Behind Netflix’s First-Ever Big Data Release and What We Watched In 2023
The Night Agent was the most popular show globally on Netflix over the past year and 30% of all viewing was non-English programming. 55% of...
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How Obesity Drugs Are Creating a “Seismic” Shift in the Travel Industry
As more people are taking GLP-1 drugs to lose dramatic amounts of weight, the implications for travel are definitely more than what you’re imagining … or what...
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