Candidates, like all brands, must stand for one thing to stand out

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Posted on Candidates, like all brands, must stand for one thing to stand out: Powerful brands stand for one thing or another, not one thing and another. Consumers make choices based on what they perceive this one thing to be. A strong, focused brand idea helps consumers filter through their options. Pepsi is the cola [...]

Matt Lucas gets a quickie divorce.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Posted on Matt Lucas gets a quickie divorce.: Matt Lucas and Gary McGee divorced after less than two years of their civil partnership LITTLE Britain star Matt Lucas became the first celebrity gay divorcee yesterday in a court hearing lasting just 75 seconds. Lucas, 34, was granted the dissolution of his [...]

The Itzy Ritzy Giveaway!

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Posted on The Itzy Ritzy Giveaway!: It’s offcially baby season! I have so many friends having babies from now through the spring, I’ve toyed with the idea of doing a “babies only” eco-site to keep up with all the products I’ve been researching! For now, I thought I’d kick off celebrating all the new bundles [...]

Race and Biology

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Posted on Race and Biology: Cross-posted from The Blog and the Bullet. Ridwan blogs: Last year around this time Nobel Prize laureate, James Watson, shocked the scientific community with his ludicrous claim that race is a scientific category. Watson, you may remember, won the Nobel Prize for his research that led (in part) [...]

Race and Biology

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Posted on Race and Biology: Ridwan blogs: Last year around this time Nobel Prize laureate, James Watson, shocked the scientific community with his ludicrous claim that race is a scientific category. Watson, you may remember, won the Nobel Prize for his research that led (in part) to the ‘discovery’ of DNA. So, [...]

There Ought To Be A Law

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Posted on There Ought To Be A Law: Some would say it doesn’t matter, but I find it somewhat mortifying (though fortunate for the Democrats), that only around half of Americans can correctly identify the Democrats as the majority party in Congress. 2008 PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE & THE PRESS (pdf) [...]

Anna Faris is a funny bunny

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Posted on Anna Faris is a funny bunny: Comedic actress Anna Faris researched her role as a Playboy outcast in for her new movie ‘House Bunny’ by wandering around Hugh Hefner’s famous Holmby Hills, California mansion. In the film, the “Scary Movie” star plays a Playboy bunny who becomes a sorority mother at college after [...]

‘Shoot for the Troops’ Celebrity Shoot Being Held in L.A. on August 16, 2008

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Posted on ‘Shoot for the Troops’ Celebrity Shoot Being Held in L.A. on August 16, 2008: comments? | Score: 0) Flexible Biological Scalar Body Armor for Future Soldiers? By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com July 31, 2008 MIT [...]

groundswell

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Posted on groundswell: groundswell is the latest hot marketing book in the high-tech community (and I believe in a lot of the rest of the business community). The book is Forrester Research’s look at what Web 2.0 means for business. What’s fascinating for everyone here is it’s look at how people use Web 2.0 [...]

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Posted on : swell interview last March. My column today is not really a review of Blake’s book; it’s a blather about comics’ greatest enigma. Blake is the ultimate Ditko historian, and his book (and website, Ditko Looked Up) reflects his passion. It’s well-written, well-researched, and wonderously designed by Adam Grano. If you’re into [...]