The Boston Globe kick-started an debate last Sunday when they uncovered a study Robert Putman, Harvard Professor and author of Bowling Alone, published earlier this year.  The Globe’s article was titled “The Downside of Diversity”.  It opened as such:
It has become increasingly popular to speak of racial and ethnic diversity as a civic strength. From multicultural festivals […]

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Facebook is the new MySpace.  How many times have we already heard this one?
    
ClickZgot me onto the down-with-MySpace, up-with-Facebook craze with an article they published way, way back in April.  In it, Tessa Wegert took the non-student (me) through the differences between MySpace and Facebook as well as the effect open membership has had […]

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As another in a long string of articles blaming Second Life inhabitants for the failure of brands in-world, this most recent article from the LA Times got under my skin. What is annoying about all this negative press is that marketers and the media seem surprised when no one visits islands that don’t offer something […]

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I had to go pick up a replacement part for a breast pump on my lunch break today.  This is what my world has been reduced to in the matter of six weeks.  On the upside, I got to drive one of the best roads in Austin, North Lamar, while listening to the radio.
You’re probably asking […]

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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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