Last night, a record 38 million television watchers tuned in to Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. That means the “speech reached more viewers than the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final ‘American Idol’ or the Academy Awards this year.”(Source: NY Times TV Decoder Blog)
Here’s an interesting Charlie Rose interview with Bob Lutz — General Motors’ head of product development and Detroit’s preeminent right-brain thinker.Watch this and learn why Lutz (who’s weirdly skeptical about global warming) is pumped about the Chevy Volt; why design belongs at “the head of the queue, not at the back end”; and why the new Corvette is
From the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago comes this emotionally intelligent sign on the hotel’s revolving door. It’s a bit goofy, but it sure made me use the revolving door instead of the regular one. What’s more, Kermit’s watchful eyes are consistent with some interesting research in social psychology.
John Jantsch began by writing a great blog about marketing. The blog led to a book. And the book led to a new piece of software. A very innovative and intriguing progression — and one I suspect we’ll be seeing more of in the future.
First came six-word autobiographies. Now come even more succinct movie reviews.The web site, The Four Word Film Review, is collecting opinions and summarizes of your favorite flicks rendered in no more than a quartet of words. Here are two reviews of “The Incredibles,” (one of the very few kids’ movies I actually enjoyed): Liability issues ground superheroes. The Simpsons in
Being a truly exciting guy, I’ve spent the last couple of days reading Robert Shiller’s The Subprime Solution: How Today’s Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It. It’s not exactly a page-turner. But it’s an interesting book.Take bailouts. I have a deep and abiding distrust of them. In fact, I happen to live
Yes, it sounds too good to be true. But Get Your War On is now available in a surprisingly compelling animation that somehow remains true to its clip art origins. Maybe I should try this for Johnny Bunko.
As students young and old head back to the hallowed halls of learning, the US Census Bureau reminds us of these three intriguing edu-factoids: 26%: Percentage of elementary through high school students who have at least one foreign-born parent. 56%: Percentage of undergraduates who are women. 25%: Percentage of bachelor’s degrees awarded each year that are in
No, it’s not a skin lesion. It’s the boost in fundraising that U.S. Democratic political candidates get after appearing on The Colbert Report.As political scientist James Fowler discovered, and as the American Political Science Association reported:“Democratic politicians receive a 40% increase in contributions in the 30 days after appearing on the comedy cable show The Colbert Report. In
One-third of American men between the ages of 51 and 61 are self-employed.(Source: NDE, citing a Boston College study)
