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03 2026 August
What AI Generated Bird Photos Can Teach Us About Database Pollution
One of the engaging art concepts from AI artist Kelly Boesch features a collection of birds that don’t exist. The video is hard to stop watching,...
Read Now17 2025 January
What the Canadian Angst Over the Upcoming Trump Inauguration Can Teach Us
In days, President Trump will take office again and there is certainly some concern among the groups you would expect. One unusual source for some...
Read Now16 2025 January
The Brilliance of Costco’s New Plan to Build Apartments on Top of Their Stores
There is a housing shortage in many cities. And there’s a Costco in those cities. In an ambitious new project, the brand is working with...
Read Now15 2025 January
The Slow Decline of Patriotic Branding (and Maybe National Pride Itself)
There was a time when patriotic branding was hot. That time seems to be over. According to an eye-opening new study from a sociologist at...
Read Now14 2025 January
The Non-Obvious Media Platform of the Week: Shelly Palmer Blog
Rather than sharing a book recommendation this week, I wanted to switch it up and share a media source that’s particularly timely right now. If...
Read Now13 2025 January
The Hottest Innovations and Tech from CES 2025 — Insights from the Ground
I’m very tempted to put together a “best innovations” list from the world’s largest tech trade show. I did one last year and I know...
Read Now10 2025 January
Want To Help LA? Curb Your Schadenfreude
A billionaire posted a desperate tweet asking for private fire support to save his home … and he was attacked for it. Turns out this particular...
Read Now09 2025 January
The Long Game of the Kardashians May Be Smarter Than You Think
Most of us know that reality TV is often heavily scripted and edited to tell an intentionally melodramatic story. Usually the on-screen participants have little...
Read Now08 2025 January
Will Facebook Become a Sad AI-Dominated Graveyard in the Coming Year?
Facebook announced they are going to get more aggressive with allowing AI-generated users and profiles on Facebook. In a move literally no one was asking for,...
Read Now07 2025 January
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Infectious Generosity by Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson knows big ideas. As the head of TED, the global organization behind TED talks and TED X events, he has been witness to...
Read Now06 2025 January
How 2025 Could Become The Year of Reuse
Every time I would visit India growing up, one sight would fascinate me as we traveled the roads was the number of old Ambassador black...
Read Now03 2025 January
What We Can Learn From 2024 Most Hated Ads
The worst ads of the year, according to marketing publication The Drum, included Apple’s cringy ad showing the iPad literally crushing human creativity, Google showing how...
Read Now02 2025 January
6 Techniques to Find Anything That’s Lost or See What Others Miss
You know that moment when you misplace something, and it takes forever to find? It could be your keys or a handwritten to-do list or...
Read Now31 2024 December
Jamie Foxx and His Family Offer a Masterclass on How to Maintain Privacy
About eighteen months ago, actor and musician Jamie Foxx got sick. Like really sick. He was rushed to the hospital with “life threatening” injuries and...
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