Having had the luxury of spending some quality time taking care of my new baby daughter, I’ve also been re-acquainting myself with my iTunes & my iPod filling in those short moments between babytainment, diapers, and feedings.  I’m also discovering there’s nothing better for introducing the little one to some good music, while making sure she’s not tortured […]

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I came across this great article from Truthdig today.  Cultural critic Sheerli Avni notes that Oakland, CA’s homicide rate has gone off the charts in the past couple years, and the experts are sitting around scratching their heads as to what could be the cause.
She writes:
The New York Times recently ran a perplexed piece on the […]

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I wouldn’t necessarily call The Economist “old media”, but it is a magazine after all. Still, their business model bucks the category trend in that it is growing its subscription base and has secured an audience of some of the most wealthy, influential people in the world. I’ll spare you further details of their rise to power […]

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An interesting story was posted on PSFK this morning. It reads:
Is it Time to Kill Markd?
We launched Marktd, our ‘marketing news by marketers for marketers’ site, about a year ago. It’s built on a Digg like system where stories get voted on and the popular ones rise to the top.
The site now has 4,200 […]

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“Mom, can we have Frosted Flakes?” 
“Mom, we wanted Fruit Loops!”
Tucan Sam, Tony the Tiger, and the trio that is Snap, Crackle, and Pop may soon be removed from their stage that is Saturday morning cartoons.  Such an act by Kellogg would ruin what has become a right of passage for children across America: can you […]

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