Maybe money does make you happier after all. According to the New York Times, two young economists recently presented a study that challenges a long-held contention that relative wealth is more predictive of happiness than alsolute wealth.
In the paper, they point out that in countries with higher per capita GDP, people tend to be happier. And […]

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There was an interesting article by Lee Gomes in Wednesdays Wall Street Journal trying to get at why we can’t not (sorry for the double negative) stop soaking up all the data the web has to offer. He likens this to a cats absolute fascination with laser pointers:

Many cat owners know that the lasers are […]

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Zeus Jones is a new agency in Minneapolis started by a bunch of ex-Fallon guys including Adrian Ho.  Their blog is excellent, and Adrian is one of the primary authors.
From his entries, I’m seeing a pattern.
Only July 8th, Adrian wrote an entry entitled the Abstracted Economy.  In it, he made note of the fact we “have […]

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A great reportwas broadcast on NPR yesterday regarding everyone’s favorite, 3-million-year-old, hominid fossil Lucy.
It turns out Lucy is going on tour and will be exhibited in Houston starting next week.
One would think this would be similar to any other historical artifact running the American-museum circuit, be it Ramses’ tomb or Elizabeth’s carriage, but the very idea […]

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Great summary by The Innovation Feeder, of some of the latest research goodies on the Gen Y audience. Includes:
Gen Y Brand Strategy
SMH Article :: Gen Y
The Flipside of Gen Y
Gen Y Gender Bender
Summary of the Outlaw Report :: Gen Y
SMH Article :: Y bother
Be sure to check out the Innovation Feeder, one of the […]

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