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The Organizing Principle Of The 21st Century

Interesting article in Sunday's Los Angeles Times on the spread of open-source ideals, to religion, terrorism, and other far-flung realms. (Registration may be required.) The piece dwells too much on the basics--Linux, ...READ MORE

More Social Media Policies: LA Times, Harvard Law, Microsoft, and Cisco

In our earlier story (Corporate Social Media Policies: The Good, the Mediocre, and the Ugly), we asked you to send us more corporate social media policies, and you delivered. Here is a second batch, with good, mediocre and ugly ...READ MORE

Uncommon Indicator: Cargo Traffic Surging

The two busiest commercial ports in the country just got a little busier. READ MORE

KieranTimberlake Wins Commission for the New American Embassy in London

In a huge coup for the Philadelphia firm, their moat-tastic design takes the prize over bigger names at Morphosis, I.M. Pei, and Richard Meier.READ MORE

Friday Free-For-All Quick Hits

“If you’re a brand, you’re either right, or you’re gone.” A story in today’s Los Angeles Times on the growing power and importance of private-label merchandise. Relaxation, at last, for Harvard students at Christmas For ...READ MORE

Crowded Wisdom

How's this for "The Wisdom of Crowds" in practice: LivePlanet and Microsoft MSN cooked up a deal with the Schaumburg Flyers, a minor-league baseball team in Illinois, to have the fans act as the manager for the second half of the ...READ MORE

Love Can Be So Lucrative

I was wandering around Coney Island one day not too long ago with a few friends when a scruffy, bearded guy who was trying to sell some equally scruffy stuffed animals stopped us. "Come on guys," he somewhat insolently ...READ MORE

Work/Life: American Idol, Your Days Are Numbered

  Even as the latest season of  “American Idol” moves into its final weeks, I was on the fence about creating an “Idol”-themed blog for today.  It seemed a little low-brow.  Then I found an article on the show, by no ...READ MORE

In Today's Papers

No Day at the Beach "Bloggers struggle with what to do about vacation." Coming To Video Games: Live Ads "Game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. announced yesterday that it has inked deals with two ad companies that will stream live ...READ MORE

The Age of RND

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times lifted the lid on something the wired individual is beginning to experience more and more: being caught in a Realtime Knowledge Discontinuity (let's call it RND for short). RND sufferers ...READ MORE

Get your finances in order for 2009

Over the past 30 days our economy went on a series of “oohs” and “awhhs”. The media is to blame for this massive panic. Everyone is encouraged to turn off the TV and focus on their small business finances for the next quarter – Q1 of 2009 is rapidly approaching, are you going to have the finances to get into the groove?READ MORE

New Rules for Wikipedia?

CNET reported on Friday that Wikipedia, the massive user-collaborated online encyclopedia, is planning on imposing stricter editorial rules and "freezing" pages that contain stable, undisputed content. This move stems from founder ...READ MORE

A Bailout for Journalists? Just Say No!

TypePad is making news by offering laid-off journalists a free "pro" blogging account. Don't fall for it!READ MORE

Can You Solve these Typographic Riddles? (Help Us, Then, Please)

A sneak peek at a book of graphic-design puzzles.READ MORE

Bright LEDs, Big City

The latest crop of LED facades works like an HUD for the planet.READ MORE

Who Pood on the Hollywood Sign? A Preservationist Message Goes Down the Toilet [UPDATED]

A plan to turn the Hollywood sign into a plea for open space continues its downward spiral.READ MORE

Newspaper Circulation Falling Faster and Faster

Gone are the days of the smoking-jacketed man with his armchair, pipe and evening paper. The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported a 2.8 percent decline for weekday circulation and 3.4 percent decline in Sunday circulation for the ...READ MORE

What The Arts Teach Us About Business and Life

There is a lot of talk these days about education, what we should be teaching our children so they will be successful. A consensus seems to have arisen that math and science should be more rigorously taught and that the United States ...READ MORE

Income Based Repayments | Now That's School Reform

Essentially, the option allows those with student loans to make payments based on their discretionary income, not fixed rates. With special incentives if you choose to work for the government or education, like debt forgiveness. READ MORE

Uncommon Indicator: Metaphors Concerning Airline Industry Soaring

This is your Upswing captain speaking: Please expect less turbulence and higher earnings in the flying business this year. READ MORE

Infographic of the Day: A Chronology of the Gay Marriage Debate

A handy map by the LA Times summarizes the sprawling, state-by-state debate.READ MORE

iPhone Owners Slapped With Hefty Bills for Mystery Roaming Charges

Did you rack up charges on your iPhone when you went overseas--without meaning to? According to anecdotal evidence collected by the LA Times, iPhone users may have pricey data roaming options switched on by default, causing them to ...READ MORE

Santa Clara County Officials Want to Take Toys From Fat Kids

Why are kids fat? Toys. Or that's one logical takeaway from a proposal by the Santa Clara County (California) Board of Supervisors. They want to ban Happy Meal toys and other promotions that attract children to high-calorie, ...READ MORE

Stan Lee Joins Forces with Virgin Comics

Stan Lee, the mastermind behind Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Iron Man and many others is to be in charge of Branson bankrolled Virgin Comics’ new line of superheroes. The LA Times broke the news this ...READ MORE

Walk This Way

Three cheers for Stephon Marbury, point guard for the New York Knicks. He's bucking the trend among athletes and endorsing a sneaker , the Starbury One, that costs a very reasonable $15. Just in time for back to school. Michael ...READ MORE