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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Slogans for the Real USA
Posted in Social on July 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Moment for Haiti w/ Immortal Technique
Posted in Social on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
BlueGlass: The Future of Marketing is Now
Posted in Social on June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Thoughts on Foursquare & #4sqday (Foursquare Day)
Posted in Social on April 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Matt’s Tweets
- Hey. Somebody come to Kaleisia Tea Lounge and play board games with me. I'm seriously in danger of getting some work done. 1 month ago
- 'Robosquirrel' deployed to research relationship with rattlesnakes cnn.com/2012/04/04/tec… #cnn 1 month ago
- It's getting all educatey in here #usfiteach 3 months ago
- English Pronunciation | The Poke: thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/eng… via @thepoke 4 months ago
- Yay! Graphs! 'Obama on Republican Economic Policy: "It Doesn't Work" huff.to/ruFv3b via @huffingtonpost' 5 months ago