Rain of Things

I was reading an article on msnbc.com entitled “The 8 lowest-paying jobs in America”, and it begins with the following sentence: “The United States may soon have to replace the expression, ‘the land of opportunity,’ with ‘the land of low wages.’” The idea is that many workers in this country make very low wages, and [...]

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After the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th, there was an outpouring of support from sympathetic people all over the world. But in the six months that have since elapsed, a lot of that initial attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis has faded. It’s not that people don’t care anymore. It’s just that we’re still living our [...]

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Don’t look now, but the landscape of marketing is undergoing one of the most significant evolutions since the pre-Mad Men era. Okay, now you can look. What you just looked at is BlueGlass Interactive, Inc., an unprecedented amalgamation of some of the best online marketing organizations in the industry. By combining their specialties, they’ve become an extremely capable marketing [...]

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This past Friday, April 16th, was the first Foursquare Day. I participated. Many others did. Many more should have. If you’re not familiar with Foursquare, it’s a location-based application which combines social networking with a sort of urban exploration game. It’s often been referred to as “the next Twitter”; a comparison which seems oddly appetizing to [...]

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