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Get Your Geek On

Is there anything cooler than a “5,000 megapixel photograph of the entire night sky stitched together from 37,440 exposures“? Probably + more

Monday Miscellany

What happened when Walt Disney shared his idea for a theme park with a focus group? Pretty much what you’d + more

Philosophical Ruminations

There’s a strange tendency of late to superficially apply “brand” to things that, to my mind, were never meant to + more

Quote of the Week

“Don’t get caught in some false perception of yourself. There will always be another person more gifted than you.”–Thich Nhat + more

Because It’s Tuesday…

…and because Tuesday has no feel. Kramer: What’s today? Newman: It’s Thursday. Kramer: Really? Feels like Tuesday. Newman: Tuesday has + more

Another Tech Bubble…

This is depressing: According to former Facebook “research scientist” Jeff Hammerbacher, “The best minds of my generation are thinking about + more

Unsuck It

The pressure to use jargon—particularly in our profession—can be overwhelming. Why, just the other day, CK said he was going + more

Words Matter

We’ve always believed in the power of words and images working together. This video might help explain why the right + more

There’s a Flag on the Play

In this business, meetings can be soul-draining time hogs. These philosophy referee signals would sure speed things up.

Thought of the Week

The estimable Curtis “Caput” Smith, culinary instructor and prize-winning chef, once told me he’s convinced that “if every person on + more

This Day in History…

For some reason, Very Important Things seem to happen on April 12. 1633 Galileo goes on trial for heresy 1861 + more

Touch Wood

Words fail me.

Thursday Geekery

How much is Smaug worth? Michael Noer does the math—so you don’t have to.

Fight! Fight!

The biggest egos I’ve ever seen were in the advertising business—both on the client and the creative side. (We writers, + more

The Bovine Menace

Between 2003 and 2008, shark attacks in the United States resulted in the deaths of four people. During the same + more

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