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20 2022 September

What the Popularity of Closed Captions Tells Us About the Value of  Making Accomodations

When you take the time to create something that is accessible by those who need the most help, you often end up creating a better experience for everyone.

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11 2022 August

Why I Will Never Buy a Macbook

I am a writer, so my keyboard is pretty important to me. It's the reason why my computer of choice for the past two decades has consistently been a Lenovo Thinkpad. They have the best keyboards.

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26 2019 December

5 Non-Obvious Megatrends Changing Our World In 2020

For the past ten years I have gone through an annual ritual of publishing a book about trends that describe our shifting culture and business...

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23 2018 June

Backlash On World Cup Jersey Design Surprises Adidas. It Shouldn’t.

This week there have been no shortage of World Cup memes. Everything from Senegal manager Aliou Cissé becoming the tournament’s coolest man, to the early...

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22 2017 August

How To Spot A Fake Viral Video

For a crash course in figuring out what is real and what isn’t online, who better to turn to than a YouTuber who has built...

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15 2017 August

Writer Of Str@nge% Password Guidelines Finally Admits He Was Wrong

If you ever wanted someone to blame for having to change your password every 90 days – last week the world found out who that...

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08 2017 August

Your Next Camera Will Retouch Your Pictures While You Take Them

Starting with a set of 5,000 images that were retouched by five different photographers, Google and MIT built an algorithm that can automatically retouch a...

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24 2017 July

Tinder’s Redesign Prioritizes Your Looks and Profile Photos

Judging whether you want to get to know someone romantically solely based on their photos has become such a commonplace behavior that “swiping left” has...

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08 2017 June

Chatbots That Negotiate To Save You Money

What if a chatbot could learn the logic of customer service interactions and help you do everything from fight a parking ticket to negotiate a...

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10 2017 February

LinkedIn Redesign, Whole Food’s Big Idea and Tech That’s Always Listening

As you know, this weekly post is a collection of interesting stories, but today I was inspired to try something different. Rather than sharing individual...

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09 2016 December

15 Non-Obvious Business Trends Shaping 2017 (Retail, Consumer, Tech, Marketing, and Media)

Are you a member of the media? Visit our media kit to download a trend summary and more information about requesting an interview with Rohit...

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16 2016 September

Strange Korean Video Trends, How Fabergé Sells Luxury and Ikea’s Unexpected Ecommerce Experiment

I am deep in the midst of writing the next edition of Non-Obvious and identifying new trends for 2017. The research has been leading me...

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10 2016 June

4 Brilliant Exposés, The World’s Ugliest Color And Other Non-Obvious Insights

This week I was intrigued by a combination of fascinating new research and refreshingly honest exposés. The ANA published a controversial report on media rebates...

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