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Everyone has a time when they have felt wronged. When something didn’t go right, a relationship soured, a product failed to deliver or someone just did something that pissed us off. And we all know the feeling of coming up with the ultimate comeback, when someone just gets what they deserve (like the classic story … Read more
I love Firefox. From its signature "tabbed browsing" to its open source heritage – Firefox has experienced huge growth thanks to the legions of brand believers who have spread the word about Firefox. The Firefox brand has become a badge of honor – just as most graphic designers would never willingly choose to use a … Read more
Walking through the streets of Old City in Philadelphia this weekend, there were people standing in line to get into clubs telling each other to "follow the finger." At first I thought it was some college student slang, or a Philadephia thing – but looking around I realized – they were actually responding to a … Read more
Lance Armstrong is a phenomenon, from his heroic story of conquering cancer to the yellow LIVESTRONG wristbands that launched one of the strongest social marketing campaigns in recent history (not to mention a new global fashion trend). Currently, his nonprofit – The Lance Armstrong Foundation is promoting the LIVESTRONG Challenge, a call to supporters of … Read more
There are few other industries that have suffered as much across the board as airlines in America. From bankruptcy to solvency to operational issues – flying domestically in the US is not what it used to be. There are news stories about 30 million bags being lost, service deteriorating, employees protesting, and airlines folding. Yesterday’s … Read more
In a world of personal media where the technical constraints of publishing content are becoming nearly nonexistent – some have recently discussed the rising problem of information overload. Seth Godin suggests that we may all be adding to the clutter, and though self-filtering, or relying on content creators to tag their content is ideal – … Read more
Tagging is in right now. From a network for teens to Yahoo’s purchase of del.icio.us and Flickr … everyone in the industry is betting big on tagging. And why shouldn’t they? Search is no longer the only way to find information online. Jakob Nielson (the controversial usability guru) even categorized search engines as leeches. That … Read more
An article this week in BusinessWeek magazine posed this question in relation to the growing influence that Google is having over interpersonal relationships and hiring. Prospective employers, blind dates, girlfriend’s parents and business colleagues are just a few of the groups that might be Googling your name. And if they did, what would they find? … Read more
This week, I added a piece on the homepage of the Ogilvy Blogfeeds with tips on pitching bloggers. This has been a topic on many PR and marketing blogs recently – generating almost as much discussion as the now tired declaration of the death of the press release . The intention of these tips is to … Read more
One of the things I have noted over the past year of blogging is that this blog receives a significant amount of traffic from locations outside of the US. Intended or not, this blog has a global audience. But like most of my fellow bloggers based in a single country, I don’t do much to … Read more
Non-Obvious Thinking is my upcoming book about the 4 secrets of becoming a non-obvious thinker - coming 09/24!
Rohit Bhargava is a trend curator, founder of the Non-Obvious Company and the 3-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of ten books.
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Rohit is the author of 10 books on trends, the future of business, building a more human brand with storytelling and how to create a more diverse and inclusive world.
