Happiness as an art form?

Did you know that the key to happiness may actually be an art form? Well sort of, the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler have developed a series entitled “The Art of Happiness” that delves into the inner-workings of happiness and how to sustain it. Starting with the first book, the duo…

New Facebook Spokesman

Some of you know that I’m on Facebook and that I’m on Facebook with an alias. I did that because I am not comfortable putting personal information on the Web. (Only recently did I update my Facebook profile with my High School and College information.) This is probably due to the fact…

Is anything original anymore?

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It’s something to consider when creating concepts and looking for inspiration; ideas are always “inspired” by something. The really successful artists don’t borrow, they steal. From the…

The First Google+ Privacy Flaw

Google launched a Facebook competitor (wannabe?) called Google+. I haven’t tried it out and I don’t know much about it and given how I feel about Facebook (I’m on there but as “Sheila Suascalpa”) I probably won’t be checking it out any time soon.

What happens on the interwebs in 60 seconds?

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TV + social + mobile = the digi hat trick

Star Player is multi-platform experience, created by Heineken, that combines live sports with amazing digital. The convergence of the two results in a groundbreaking, and fun experience that shakes up the way people interact with TV.

Food Truck Craze

It’s lunchtime, where are you going to eat?

As soon as you walk out the building, you see all kinds of food trucks out there. Nope, they don’t serve typical street meats… they serve lobster rolls, artisanal cheese sandwiches, schnitzels and all sorts of near…

A New Way to Obsess About Food

Coming soon to the iPad is a new way to collect, share, and keep up with recipes. The new app is called “Yummrs” and lets you connect to cooking blogs, create recipe books, and share recipes with friends via Facebook, Twitter, or Yummrs own social network.

How cool, and rotten, is that!

In the past, a less than ideal review in the NY Times or the Daily News could make or break a movie. However, one may notice a certain website that has reviewing movies since 1995 has been popping up now on actual theatrical trailers for major studios. For the latest X-Men…

Friend or Foe?

In 1994, Newgroups were Social Media. In 2011, you have Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. social media platforms.

In 1994, the Vancouver Canucks lost to the New York Rangers. In 2011, the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup finals. In both instances…

Facebook Tells Pharma Brands They Must Allow Comments

Beginning August 15th, Facebook will no longer allow brands to block commenting on their fan pages. Previously, companies were able to work with Facebook to disable commenting, making them “FDA-friendly”.

If these are balanced, let’s get tweeting

Pharma companies have become the experts in brevity — writing tiny, balanced messages for use in search engine marketing. Still, few brands have a Twitter feed. So, how can a tweet be balanced?

Facebook recognizes your face, and people are mad!

Facebook launched facial recognition, an evolution of their photo tagging capability last December to little fanfare. But now, regulatory and privacy groups are getting kinda upset. Tech Crunch does a nice job of explaining exactly what the…