Last week, I stayed at the newly-opened W Hotel in Austin. All in all, it was a first-rate experience. But what struck me most — natch — were two of the hotel’s signs. The first I encountered when I entered my room and walked into the bathroom. There, affixed to the mirror, was this: In […]
This is the time of year when the temptation to hibernate — physically and mentally — can hit hard. It’s so much easier to stick with familiar and comforting routines, to trundle along in the same old rut. I asked clinical psychologist and George Mason University scholar Todd Kashdan — author of Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient
Lots of interesting factoids in this Wall Street Journal excerpt of Jane McGonigal‘s equally interesting book, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World. Here are a few (italics added): “[Al]though a typical gamer plays for just an hour or two a day, there are now more than five
Another Ngram Faceoff, this time between profit (red) and safety (blue) in American English between 1790 and 2010. (Click the chart to get a larger version.) Granted, you can’t put too much emphasis on the scientific bona fides of the Ngram analysis, as linguist Geoffrey Nunberg points out here, but here are some touchpoints in
Still haven’t gotten around to making your new year’s resolutions? The Pink Blog is here to help. I asked my friend, Fast Company co-founder Bill Taylor, to do the work for us — and offer up a few resolutions to help us work better and innovate faster in 2011. The three suggestions listed below come
On New Year’s Day last year, we introduced our Two Sentences video. On New Year’s Day this year, we introduce a new video inspired by its predecessor. Over the past few months hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of Pink Blog readers and Pink Newsletter subscribers have sent us 15-second video clips answering the question: “What’s
Here’s an Ngram Faceoff between girl (blue) and boy (red) in English from 1800 to 2008. Further evidence of the end of men? (Click the chart to get a larger version.)
Here’s an Ngram Faceoff among beef, chicken, and pork in English from 1800 to 2008. Beef is the clear champion for long while, with pork a strong second during the 19th century. But look what happens to chicken around the Watergate era. (Click the chart to see a larger version.)
Patrick Burns sends this example of an emotionally intelligent magnet, which cyclists can use inform bad drivers of their sins. BoingBoing has a great post with more info.
