Frequent Concerns

From “Searching for Sex”

Women are most frequently concerned that their vaginas smell like fish, followed by vinegar, onions, ammonia, garlic, cheese, body odor, urine, bread, bleach, feces, sweat, metal, feet, garbage and rotten meat.—Seth…

Apple Product Marketing

Phil Schiller talks to Steven Levy

A Grand Philosophical Device Theory

[Y]ou should be using the smallest possible gadget to do as much as possible before going to the next largest gizmo in line.

Don’t Worry About the Numbers

A Merlin Mann thought technology

Trying to talk somebody out of the stuff that they enjoy in life is like trying to talk them out of their faith or their sexuality. It’s a pointless exercise that can never be anything but…

Your Core Workout

Tony Schwartz and the four core energies

We feel better and perform better when four core energy needs are met: sufficient rest, including the opportunity for intermittent renewal during the work day; feeling valued and appreciated; having the…

Jaywalker

In the early 20th Century, ‘jay’ was a derogatory term for someone from the countryside. Therefore, a ‘jaywalker’ is someone who walks around the city like a jay, gawking at all the big buildings, and who is oblivious to traffic around him. The term was originally used to disparage those who got in the way of…