Are Phoenix and Miami really going to become more walkable?
Two cities long associated with “You must have a car!” may be drastically shifting. Continue Reading
Fundamental Explainers
This is my blanket category for the site; it’s an attempt to explain a concept in a deeper way.
Is Charlotte Wilkerson the key in the Jessica Chambers case?
Written about this case twice — here and here — and it resonates with me, as it probably does with anyone following it, because it’s so awful (a girl was burned alive), seems so corrupt (look at the first link) and,… Continue Reading
It’s perfectly fine to talk about dark issues at the holidays, you know?
If you read the last couple of things I wrote, you’d probably be like “WHOA! That dude is DEPRESSED!” In reality, I’m not. My life is definitely a lot better than it was in December of 2013 (detailed a little… Continue Reading
Happiness is bullshit. But you can be content. Here’s how.
Probably the worst thing about the end of a calendar year in the social media era is that every site designs one of those “… My Year In Review…” constructs, so you can piece together a bunch of photos/statuses about… Continue Reading
The simple lesson of Google and YouTube, Facebook and Instagram
Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006. In 2014, YouTube alone will be responsible for about 20 percent of all digital ad revenue, top $1 billion in video ad revenue, and is quite possibly worth about $40 billion right now.… Continue Reading
‘You don’t understand’ is the worst-ever way to begin a sentence
Stop removing people’s agency. Continue Reading
2015 Business Trend: Synthesis in, analysis out
For a lot of people, the words “synthesis” and “analysis” might be synonyms in a work context. In fact, they technically mean different things. Synthesis is the process of building information up, and analysis is the process of breaking information down. You can… Continue Reading
Jennifer Lawrence’s e-mail, peanutbutt, should be a lesson to marketers
Jennifer Lawrence’s e-mail alias is apparently “peanutbutt.” If that’s true — it’s info from the Sony hacks — then it furthers America’s obsession with Jennifer Lawrence and how real / authentic she is (depending on whether you believe she really is). Think… Continue Reading