08 2024 April
Harper Collins Identifies Eco-Friendly Fonts to Save Thousands of Trees and Reduce Paper Usage
Every few months there are new sustainability stories of the world’s largest brands trying to create less wasteful packaging. Coca-Cola announced a new lighter bottle design this...
Read Now03 2024 April
What The “Bridesmaid Burnout” Tells Us About the Future of Friendship
Back in early Fall of 2023, Glamour magazine launched a series of articles on the topic of “bridesmaid burnout.” Inspired by the spiraling demands of time, money...
Read Now22 2024 March
Facebook Brought Back the “Poke” Button … Here’s Why So Many People Started Using It Again
About a decade ago in a Facebook post, Mark Zuckerberg once wrote “we thought it would be fun to make a feature that has no...
Read Now21 2024 March
If Anyone Can Explain The “Weight Loss Revolution” … It Might Be Oprah
The “meta-narrative” of Oprah’s legendary media career has been her weight loss and body image. As a result, she may be the perfect ambassador to...
Read Now19 2024 March
This Bereavement Startup Shows the Hopeful Human Potential of AI
Dealing with the passing of a loved one is hard emotionally, but the paperwork and procedures involved can make it far worse. A startup called Empathy...
Read Now18 2024 March
The Rise of Antinatalism
There is a growing movement of people who believe that having children is unethical—which is known as antinatalism. A feature in Harper’s magazine this week explores what may...
Read Now16 2024 March
Inside the Big Announcement from Author’s Equity and How It Changes Book Publishing
Two of the best-selling non-fiction authors from the past decade have both indicated they will skip the traditional publishing deals and choose to go with new...
Read Now09 2024 March
The Cover Design for Our New Book Is Ready! Get a First Look Below …
A big thank you to all the people who shared their opinions on the cover design contest, I’m happy to share the final cover of...
Read Now08 2024 March
The Yolk App Shows the Challenges of Relying on User’s Constant Creativity
Yolk is a new app that lets people “communicate through items that you see” and some reviews suggest they might be forging a new method...
Read Now06 2024 March
Why Americans Stopped Hanging Out and the Crisis of Social Fitness
A long read last week from The Atlantic offered this viral headline – Why Americans Stopped Hanging Out. Around the same time, I came across...
Read Now05 2024 March
Ever Wonder Why Certain Flavors Of Chips Are Sold In Some Countries and Not Others? Inside The Secretive World Of Flavor Dust …
If you have ever been to another region of the world and been curious about how they ended up with the various flavors of crisps...
Read Now04 2024 March
Getting Ready For The Dynamic Pricing Future Of All Things
This week Wendy’s unintentionally stirred up some trouble as headlines popped up online that the fast-food chain was testing “surge pricing” similar to Uber where...
Read Now01 2024 March
3 Observations from TikTok’s New 2024 Trend Report
The newly released TikTok 2024 Trend Report offers more than a few to-be-expected trends that are essentially meant to promote the platform to advertisers … but some of...
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