? This past Monday morning I saw a particularly surprising headline in my email inbox. It read in all caps: THANKS FOR AN OLD DRAKE BULLDOG. The letter read as follows: ? ?Hello Jim, I just wanted to wish you and all your friends "Good Luck" in putting together your NCAA Bracket picks.?? I also ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 22:55

San Marino announce their tribute to Facebook as their entry for The Eurovision Song Contest. It's a masterstroke in PR, a rulebreaker, and potential viral hit all in one three minute package.

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 22:55

The allure of these miniature pools inspired artists, poets and even royalty.

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 22:55

? Just about 20 years ago a then-leaflet of a magazine called The Improper Bostonian sent me down to a place called ?Foxwoods Casino? that had popped up in the tree-infested, cultural void that fills the gap between and (note to the irony-impared: that is a joke, so stand down, Central Connecticut chambers of commerce ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 22:55

What went wrong with the now-retracted ?This American Life? story on Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of devices? According to a chagrinned Ira Glass, it came down to a single, missing phone number, the cell belonging to monologuist Mike Daisey?s Chinese interpreter: During fact checking before the broadcast of Daisey?s story, This American Life staffers asked ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 22:55

The Wall Street Journal reported today that regulators in the U.S. and European Union have opened investigations into allegations that it bypassed privacy controls set by users of Apple?s Safari browser. Google has admitted that it created a temporary link between a Safari user?s computer and Google?s servers to ascertain whether a user was ?also ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 22:53

By placing design in a central place in our understanding of the world around us, and in defining nature and society as sets of interrelated flow systems, Adrian Bejan has created (or recognized) a new job description: the flow worker. If we expand our notion of what designer's do to include the iterative improvement of any system over time, we realize that, on some level, we are all designers, all flow workers.

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 15:39

One of the really fascinating, and sort of remarkable things to come out of the Mass Effect ending/DLC dissent movement is a discussion of story. What makes a good story in a game? How do we balance story with gameplay? And how can we create a satisfying ending to a beloved franchise? Over at the ...

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 00:53

Willie G. Davidson, Harley-Davidson's longtime Senior Vice President and Chief Styling Officer, will retire effective April 30, 2012.

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 00:53

Yes, you can travel on the cheap. And no, you won't need to go in hurricane season, hoard frequent flier miles, book at a hostel, or face those near-$5 gas prices.

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 00:53