By Simone | Published:
May 30, 2010
Ah, the mouse. Convenient clicking machine that we all have come to know and love… or at least know. The first computer mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1963, who subsequently introduced his creation at the 1968 Fall Joint Compuer Conference in San Francisco. This original mouse was supposedly “housed in a wooden box twice as high as today’s mice and with three buttons on top, moved with the help of two wheels on its underside rather than a rubber trackball.” Awkward!! While the initial product was also known as a “bug,” the term “mouse” eventually won out as the most popular name for the device.
By Simone | Published:
May 28, 2010
Just watched Dan Pink’s animated explanation of what motivates us- it’s great!
By Simone | Published:
May 25, 2010
Most books provide an escape from daily life or offer information about a specific subject. Jeremy Rifkin’s Empathic Civilization does both, and also has the power to fundamentally change one’s entire worldview. As for escape- The Empathic Civilization removes readers from the specific minutiae of everyday life, encouraging them instead to focus on big, broad [...]
By Simone | Published:
May 11, 2010
Yogurt is “a semi-solid casein gel formed by the action of specific lactic acid bacteria on a mix composed of milk solids non-fat, milk fat, sugar and stabilizer” which is to say it is… fermented milk.
Posted in Products | Tagged Activia, calcium, dairy, Dannon, Dannone, food, FroYo, frozen yogurt, health, health food, Iceberry, Pinkberry, snacks, yoghurt, yogurt, Yoplait |
By Simone | Published:
May 8, 2010
I recently read on Mashable about Google’s recent purchase of Recorded Future, a company that seeks to predict the future. Recorded Future allows users to get instant analyses or receive email alerts regarding the potential future of a variety of topics, including financial markets, public figures, technology. Users may also investigate themselves, as well as their company or some other keyword.
By Simone | Published:
May 6, 2010
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne provides a method by which companies can create strategies to not only beat competition, but rise above it entirely. The authors argue that simply benchmarking against competition leads only to a slow demise, while rethinking one’s entire product or service offering allows for new, untethered growth.
By Simone | Published:
May 5, 2010
UP THERE is a documentary about the art of hand-painted advertising murals. Apparently, vinyl has replaced hand-painted pieces in pretty much every US city except for New York and Los Angeles. This is an amazing art- one that takes years to learn. The men interviewed describe apprenticeships which hearken back to the way things were [...]
Posted in Past, Practices, Productions | Tagged advertising, art, commercialism, documentary, history, murals, trends, UP THERE, video |
By Simone | Published:
May 4, 2010
Ah, the engagement ring. Even though I have no romantic prospects, I already have mine picked out (The Tiffany Setting, if you please, Mr. Right). How did this strange, expensive object become a cultural artifact of such importance?
Posted in Past, Practices, Products | Tagged diamonds, Egypt, emeralds, engagement rings, gold, history, mangagement ring, marriage, object lesson, relationships, Rome, rubies, silver, tradition |
