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18 2025 July
7 Tips for Making Your Website Non-Obvious (and Interesting)
Updating a website is one of my least favorite things to do as an entrepreneur. It just takes so much time. But if you’ve ever...
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Why Boys Are Falling Behind In School (And How To Fix It)
American schools and kindergarten specifically are not designed for boys … But they should be. That’s the conclusion from a piece in the New York...
Read Now10 2025 June
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: The New Tourist by Paige McClanahan
Ask anyone if they describe themselves as a tourist or a traveler and most people will say the latter. Seeing yourself as a “tourist” has...
Read Now09 2025 June
The Real Question About AI: How Many Decisions Do We Want It To Make?
Is AI really better than nothing? That is the question we are immediately going to be asking as two stories emerge this week about some...
Read Now06 2025 June
The Doing and Undoing and Redoing and Undoing of American Policy
Being outraged used to be easier. You could look at a policy or an announcement or something happening in the world and if you disagreed...
Read Now05 2025 June
The Man (and Book) That Might Actually Change the World
What if the greatest problem in the world was a lack of moral ambition among the best and brightest people? As a recent interview with...
Read Now04 2025 June
The Emerging Future of Radio
Radio, and its future, are front and center right now in a lot of conversations. There’s the recent news that NPR is suing the Trump...
Read Now03 2025 June
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: The Long Game by Dorie Clark
The title of this book pretty much tells you exactly what it’s about but what makes this a truly great read is exactly how practical...
Read Now02 2025 June
LEGO Dives into the Book Nook Trend with Latest Set for Adults
A “book nook” is the term typically reserved for a cozy corner of a home or office where you can enjoy reading a book in...
Read Now30 2025 May
The Campaign to Stop the Spread of Fake Media – PSAi
The best strategy to fight back against the rise of fake media is prioritizing media literacy training for adults and kids. This past week to...
Read Now29 2025 May
The Future of Animation Will Be 90% Faster Than Before
A few years ago, lip-syncing one minute of animation used to take about four hours. Now it can be done in 15 minutes. That’s just...
Read Now28 2025 May
The Coffee Shop That Accepts Gossip and Rumors as Payment
Good News Coffee might be my new favorite coffee shop. Unfortunately for me, they only have locations in Barcelona, Paris, Madrid and Amsterdam so far....
Read Now27 2025 May
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Always Eat Left-Handed … And Other Secrets for Killing It at Work and in Real Life by Rohit Bhargava
Back in 2013, I wrote a career and life advice book. It was my third book and before I really understood what it took to...
Read Now26 2025 May
What Is Millennial Hobby Energy?
Doing things for fun is making a comeback. That may seem like an odd statement, but there is a time in many people’s lives when...
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