Sheep, anyone? Or the Truth of Cumulative Advantage
Duncan Watts’ piece in Sunday’s NY Times Magazine (subscription required) sheds a lot of light on how cultural…
The Indelibility of Events
What do you have to do to be called a racist these days? Shoot Medgar Evers? …
The 21st Century Hustle Blog
Last summer, I hipped you to Ali Muhammad’s 21st Century Hustle magazine. Good news is that he’s started…
Been A Long Time
So, how long has it been? Three weeks? Four? It’s definitely been a hiatus. Unintended initially, but ultimately…
The Break Beat That Shook The World
Artist Nate Harrison produced a 20-minute video exploring the history of the "Amen Break," taken from the song…
And The Lesson Is. . .?
Is it really any surprise that Katie Couric can’t grow the audience for the CBS Evening News? The…
PSFK Conference: Recapping, not Kneecapping!
Spent yesterday with a bunch of smart people who attended PSFK’s trends and ideas conference. Certainly, there were…
We Are Smarter Than Me
I just read about this new initiative from Wharton through its newsletter, Knowledge@Wharton (which I highly recommend). From…
New Media, New Companies
Scott Karp has been examining the changing media landscape, and specifically how it’s impacting the publishing industry. He…
The Arrogance of a Bottom Feeder
I’ll start out by immediately admitting that this is off topic. But sometimes, when confronted with blindingly ignorant…
Web 2.0 defined in less that 5 minutes
One of the latest buzzwords that’s being thrown around lately is "Web 2.0" But what exactly does it…
New Black Rock Blog Launches
It’s been a bit quiet over here for the last week, but for good reason. As many of…