06 2025 March
Inside the Blind Box Phenomenon Fueling the Resurgence of the Art Toy Industry
Outside a Pop Mart store in Vietnam there is a line around the block at 2am. The cause for all this excitement is the latest blind...
Read Now10 2025 February
Poopy Diapers and How to Destroy a Small Business with Minimal Effort
Paul and Rachelle Baron sell washable swim diapers on Amazon. Like many other small businesses, they use the logistics arm of Amazon to provide distribution...
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 Now26 2024 December
The Biggest Question from the Influencer Suing Another Influencer for “Copying Her Vibe”
Two influencers meet at a fancy hotel in Austin to collaborate on some social media posts. That’s how the story started but it quickly goes...
Read Now25 2024 September
The Flappy Bird Creator Once Did the Unthinkable. Now He’s Doing It Again.
In 2013 the inventor of a viral gaming app did the unthinkable. His name was Dong Nguyen, and he was the developer who created the...
Read Now01 2024 August
Milli Vanilli Could Have Been Heroes Today … Maybe?
If you are a certain age, you might remember Milli Vanilli. I still have a cassette tape of their album that I could have resold...
Read Now19 2024 July
The Assassination Attempt and Why the “Obvious” Conclusions Are Usually Wrong
The biggest news story of the past week was certainly the assassination attempt on former President Trump’s life and almost immediately in the aftermath of...
Read Now28 2024 May
Truecaller Offers Perfectly Useless Feature to Let AI Respond to Calls in Your Voice
This week’s example of unnecessary AI innovation comes from the caller ID platform Truecaller which is using Microsoft’s Personal Voice technology to power a new...
Read Now15 2024 May
The True Story of How America Killed the Jalapeño Pepper
Have you noticed that the jalapeño pepper seems to be getting less and less spicy? For the longest time, I figured this was just a personal...
Read Now09 2023 September
12 Wild Stories from a Nightlife Concierge in Ibiza
An alternate title for this article could easily have been: “Ibiza: Where Rich Assholes Go to Party.” That’s the impression you’ll pretty immediately have as...
Read Now26 2023 July
When Influencer Marketing Goes Predictably Wrong
When a fast fashion retailer often criticized for negative environmental and labor track record wants to recast its brand image, it is not a good...
Read Now19 2023 July
The Crocs Engagement Ring Is Here for Couples Who Want to Stand Out (and Think Style Is Overrated)
How do you reinvent something as staid and traditional as the engagement ring? One jeweler in the UK had the bright idea to create this “Croc...
Read Now04 2023 July
Extreme Pride in Being American Remains Near Record Low
A new Gallup poll released just in time for the 4th of July leads with the eye-catching headline that extreme pride in being American is at...
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