Archive for the 'society' Category

So REI has a clever ad on the radio right now. It plays to the zeitgeist by mentioning that they’re a member co-op (not a greedy for-profit company). And then it ends with the bottom line: members get a refund at the end of the year.
There’s a line in the ad along the lines, “We [...]


the revolution will not be televized… but it will be tweeted.


I find this bit interesting from the LA Times interview with Jack Dorsey, Twitter founder:
Back in the day we thought, well, if we get to this many users or this level of relevancy in the mainstream, we’re going to have to add a bunch of features, and make this or that group of people happy… [...]


giving women a crack at the urinal


where are the keynesians?


looks like a classic competency trap… this choice may well be rational in a short-term calculus


I didn’t sign up for the spam presidency.


every single person survives


‘Transit cop’ – words sure to send a shudder down anyone’s spine.
I listened to ‘News & Notes‘ on the way home on Monday. It’s an African-American news show on NPR. Smart coverage of a mix of stories from a perspective I don’t hear often enough in my whitebread existence. Note to self – make it [...]