In case you haven’t heard, several large websites have blacked themselves out today to protest two pieces of anti-piracy legislation now before the U.S. Congress. Leaving aside the merits of their arguments, which I think outweigh the merits of the legislation’s advocates’ arguments, I’ve got two questions. 1. Will Wikipedia’s 24-hour disappearance have a material […]
Chip Conley is a rare bird. He’s a successful entrepreneur, a provocative thinker, and — get this — a nice guy. Today, he’s out with his newest book, Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success, and it’s a gem. (Buy it at Amazon BN.com, or IndieBound.) In the book, Chip uses the grammar
Alastair Dryburgh of London sends this glorious example of emotionally intelligent signage, which he spotted next to the elevators (aka, the lifts) at the Tate Modern. It makes one think. And, I’m guessing, it makes more than one head for the stairwell.
Man, am I glad it’s a new year. I need a re-boot. And as I contemplated my resolutions for 2012, I reached out to Kelly McGonigal for some guidance. Kelly is a Stanford lecturer and author of the terrific new book, The Willpower Instinct (Buy it at Amazon, BN.com, or IndieBound) that explores the psychology, economics,
John Re spotted this on a street in North Adams, Massachusetts. Seems like good advice for 2012.
The other day, I retrieved my crystal ball from the Pink family self-storage unit. Here’s what I glimpsed through the haze about the coming year. 1. American Politics. In the 2012 presidential race, one candidate will win the popular vote but the other the Electoral College. 2. Economics, I. On Election Day 2012, the US employment rate
Those emotionally intelligent signs keep pouring in to the Pink Blog. Below are four from the last few weeks that our elves especially liked. Clare Conroy offers a nice example from a JB Hi-Fi store in Canberra, Australia, of how to use signage to empathize with guests and change the experience of being in a
I’m terrible at picking gifts for people. So when I find presents that work, I never let go. Here are five terrific items — all costing no more than $25 and all available online. 1. ARTIFICIAL TURF COASTERS For the baseball fan in your life, get these four drink coasters fashioned from artificial turf. Trust
Back in November I posted my list of five email newsletters worth reading, and asked PinkBlog readers to nominate theirs. I received loads of suggestions. Here are some of the best: Yulia Ivanova nominates the “wonderful” Brain Pickings and StartupDigest “for all things startup.” Nate suggests Big Think, which offers both a weekly round-up and
If you “build a better mousetrap,” Ralph Waldo Emerson supposedly told us, “the world will beat a path to your door.” But, c’mon, who does that anymore? Roger Arquer, it turns out. Using off-the-shelf items such as beer glasses and soy sauce bottles, Arquer has built traps designed “only to catch mice, not to kill
