Eat before you click Everyone knows going grocery shopping while hungry leads to a suboptimal shopping cart, but apparently that bad decision-making carries over to all kinds of purchasing decisions. Here’s Jony If you haven’t yet read the long profile of Apple design head Jony Ive, you should definitely check it out. It’s interesting to see Apple making its executives available for this kind of story. Who are you wearing? Why do actors walk the red carpet? Because they get paid to. Old fish, new…
Read MoreA few weeks ago, Greg laid out the case for having a data breach section in your crisis communications plan so you’re prepared if your company’s computers are hacked. But, there’s another area of information security that marketing and communications departments have more direct control over: passwords for social media profiles and web services. Compared to customer or financial information, a Twitter account might seem wholly insignificant, but ask the folks at Chipotle how their day was last Sunday when they awoke to a Twitter…
Read MoreBecause Weren’t you just saying you really wanted to know Sarah Silverman’s take on Serial? Where is he now? Jon Stewart’s announcement that he was leaving the Daily Show launched a surprising amount of, I guess, nostalgia for his predecessor, Craig Kilborn. A capella This article says everyone can sing because very few people are actually tone deaf. If you ask me (and if you’re reading this, you basically did), being able to sing and not being tone deaf are two vastly different things. More…
Read MoreBascially… run Just like the tortoise prevailed over the hare, it looks like slow runners come out ahead in the end. ENTP… S? Your taste for hot sauce may say something about your personality. Capitol Abbey What’s the point of having a Downton-inspired office and then not letting people see it? Byte-sized To be honest with you, I’d have thought robot PR people would get here before robot journalists. Speaking of reporting Vice (which was recently named Ad Age’s magazine of the year), is releasing…
Read MoreWe have a bit of a thing about doughnuts around here. Kelsey has been known to keep a running tally of how many days it’s been since there have been doughnuts in the office and we have vigorous internal debates about which local peddlers have the best poppable pastries. So, when a few of us were out in Williamsburg last week for the Virginia Business Best Places to Work luncheon, we had to make a side trip to check out Emily’s Donuts and Café on…
Read MoreMove it Here’s as good a reason as any to sign up for the Monument Ave 10k in March: Exercise can change your DNA. What does ESPN stand for? The Verge takes a look at how ESPN is pursuing the future of sports media Gotta catch ’em all So many American childhood pop culture phenomenon have their roots in Japan—think Pokémon, Transformers and Hello Kitty—but why? Get a flat white while you’re there Want to find the hotest neighborhoods? Go where Starbucks goes. Press play…
Read MoreRubbing elbows Good news: the media elite put their pants on one leg at a time and eat lunch at their desks just like the rest of us. Bridge to nowhere Freakonomics Radio takes a look at the stock answer preamble “that’s a good question.” The alibi I’ve lost all sense for what constitutes a legitimate development among all the pieces of Serial-related news, but this seems relatively important: Asia’s new affadavit. How to save a life More good news: going from extremely lazy to…
Read MoreNews you can use It’s impossible to keep up-to-date on all the news, so of course media and technology companies have been working for years on ways to make it easier to get caught up. In Fast Company, Harry McCracken takes a look at one such app, called Timeline. Disappearing money If you were wondering how much it costs to advertise on Snapchat, the answer is $750,000. A day. (If you don’t know what Snapchat is, ask a teenager.) Have you tried turning it off…
Read MoreAnd the selfie goes to… Awards season officially gets underway this weekend with the Golden Globes (sorry People’s Choice Awards) and Facebook and Instagram are aiming to make it the “most social Golden Globes to date.” Megahattan In 1911, T. Kennard Thomson proposed filling in the East River as part of a plan that would add 50 square miles of land to Manhattan. The other enigma How a con man helped the Allies win WWII and received commendations from both England and Germany in the…
Read MoreRegrets, we have a few From Poynter, the year in media corrections. On style A comparison of style guides from The Economist and Bloomberg. You’ve got mail In an age of a non-stop deluge of social media, sometimes you need someone to just break it down for you: Gigaom on the power and value of the email newsletter. The revolution will be rescheduled Then there’s that time a former Rolling Stone reporter maybe almost changed journalism? Serious numbers “Gangnam Style” has now racked up so…
Read MoreThe garage is a lie? Steve Wozniak disputes the Apple creation myth. Brown chicken, brown cow Here’s a seasonally appropriate listicle: 19 Secrets of UPS Drivers. Say it again slowly The New Yorker looks at the science behind misheard lyrics, like the classic “excuse me while I kiss this guy”. Important science Can the color of your coffee mug affect the taste of your coffee? Yes, says WaPo’s Wonkblog. The movie doughnut hole Whither the mid-sized movie? Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our…
Read MoreMedia relations A coalition of restaurants in Dallas is refusing to charge the food critic from Dallas Morning News in an attempt to impede her ability to publish reviews about them Harder they fall Are Facebook’s days numbered? In The Atlantic, Alexis C. Madrigal takes a look at how its fall may come. Shake it up Just yesterday there have been big shake-ups at The New Republic, which is now owned by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes. Good night and good likes ABC News has launched…
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