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02 2023 December

How Citizen Surveillance Might Be Killing San Francisco

There was a time when I would travel to San Francisco every week for a client meeting. During that moment of my career, I felt...

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16 2022 September

New Global Study Reveals the Emojis That Make You More (Or Less) Attractive

Forget the best and worst pickup lines, now thanks to Adobe all single people have some data on the emojis to use (and which ones to avoid) when trying to appear more attractive.

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16 2022 June

How To Archive Yourself In the Digital Age

This article helped me consider the value of discarding that archive so I can move beyond the past version of myself that it commemorates. No doubt it is easier to become a better person when your past self isn't just a resurfaced tweet away.

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18 2019 February

The Real Reason Influencers Make So Much Money

Everyone wants to be an online influencer, because it seems to pay well, but who is really benefiting? This article from the USA Today actually takes the...

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01 2018 November

How To Cure Your Social Media Addiction

This was a week filled with more social media stupidity than usual. In a single day I read two disturbing stories that got me thinking...

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19 2018 September

Is the Body Positive Movement Really A Good Thing?

Today there are plenty of examples of campaigns to help people become comfortable with their own bodies. Yet some have criticized this body positive movement as perhaps...

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09 2018 September

How To Tell If You’re An Asshole (And Why It’s So Hard)

Last week a small army of cruise ship passengers disrupted a funeral in the tiny Norwegian city of Honningsvåg and took pictures of the mourners. According to The...

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23 2018 August

Why Facebook Rating Your Trustworthiness Is Good News

The Washington Post story this week revealing the “previously unreported ratings system” used by Facebook to rate the trustworthiness of users on a scale of zero...

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06 2018 August

The Big Question Facing The Future Of Media and Publishing Online

Recently a contributor to Forbes named Panos Mourdoukoutas wrote an opinion piece suggesting that local taxpayers would be better off if libraries were replaced with...

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01 2018 August

Binge Rooms: The Ultimate Immersive TV Experience

Back when I worked at a marketing agency I remember those times when I would see a campaign so inspired it would immediately make me...

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15 2018 July

How The Backlash Of Superfans Might Ruin Entertainment For The Rest Of Us

Logan director James Mangold is worried that “the fear of upsetting an eager mob” of online fans might drive smart, creative people out of creating...

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26 2017 October

Snickers Launches Plan To Sell Candy Bars Based On Emotions

Forget using tech and big data for personalization – Snickers has a better idea … just let people tell you how they are feeling. The new versions...

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23 2017 August

Books Are Getting “Swearier” And This Is What It Means …

Apparently the shift towards swear words in book titles and content has not gone unnoticed by researchers. As Cory Doctorow notes in this article: “books...

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