05 2025 February
The Age of the AI Chatbot Salesperson Might Have an Unintended Side Effect
Training an employee to do upselling (and be good at it) is notoriously difficult. When it’s done right, it can drive significant revenue for many...
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04 2025 February
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Humanize: A Maker’s Guide to Designing Our Cities, by Thomas Heatherwick
Imagine a graphic novel that offers a compelling argument for why our cities can be more than just boring backdrops for daily routines. That’s the...
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24 2025 January
The Library of Lost & Imaginary Books
There are books mentioned within the pages of other books that never existed on their own, but what if they did? That’s the fascinating story...
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22 2025 January
Why The “World’s First” AI-Powered Hotel May Be More Than Fancy Marketing
From the outside the Otonomus Hotel (pun probably intended) doesn’t really look much different from any other spot. The property just had their soft-launch before...
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19 2024 December
The Brilliant Entrepreneurial Lessons of a Plant Hacker Inventing New Flowers
To raise money to put himself through school and earn a biotechnology degree, Sebastian Cocioba would gather orchids that his local Home Depot had thrown...
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22 2024 November
The AI Granny Scambaiter Is Everything We Hope AI Might Become
The largest mobile operator in the UK clearly has a delicious sense of humor and a life-affirming grasp on the therapeutic benefits of schadenfreude. Especially...
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Michelin-Starred Chef Discusses the Art of Plating
Anytime I have the opportunity to dine at a nicer restaurant, there is always someone immediately pulling out their phone to take a photo of...
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Is All-Blind Narration the Future of Audio Description for Films & TV?
“He looks ahead, his dark eyebrows overshadowing his dark eyes. One of his several gold teeth gleams in the dim light.” This is the audio...
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3 Fun Examples of Non-Obvious Halloween Creativity to Share
Today is Halloween and a new survey suggests that for nearly half of all Americans, it’s their favorite holiday of the year. Amidst all the...
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What Funny Wildlife Photos Can Teach Us About Life
If you have ever gone out with a camera to try and capture animals in the wild doing something interesting, you might have felt that...
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Adobe Helps Creators Protect Their Work with Digital Content Credentials
You would expect Adobe, a company that has millions of professional creators using their software tools every day to find ways to support that community....
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The Rewear Chair Makes It Easier to Avoid Washing Your Clothes
You probably have a chair like this. The one where you throw those clothes that aren’t quite laundry. They still have a few wears left....
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Remaking Classic Cars into the EVs of the Future
When I was a kid and we would travel to India, all the taxis looked the same. The model that dominated back then, and for...
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