Entries Tagged as 'european'

Monday, June 29th, 2009

The Right to Empathy

Oh boy. This is not typically the kind of stuff I write about here, but it is something I feel quite strongly about, and, if nothing else, it makes for a case study in cross-cultural communication — not to mention some interesting neuroscience. Last week, as the New York Times reported, French President Nicolas Sarkozy [...]

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Thursday, August 9th, 2007

today’s awesome ad award goes to:

today’s awesome ad award is dedicated to the spirit of teamwork and collaboration. (i’m feeling particularly grateful for it today, as without it my blog would still probably be trapped in an international hostage situation). think about the people without whom even the greatest accomplishments would mean so little …and enjoy:   ps…oh and if [...]

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Sunday, July 1st, 2007

the current state of superheroes

as much as i love movies about teenagers i love movies about superheroes. i haven’t figured out exactly what the connection is between the two, but there’s definitely something similar about characters that experience everything in extreme. last night i watched blood and chocolate and realized something that i’d already noticed happening in casino royale: [...]

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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

“we don’t even hang out in the same places anymore!”

just yanked this bit of rad from jeremiah owyang: my favorite part is where she goes, “you don’t know anything about me.” and he says, “i know everything about you sweetheart!” and starts spouting off all sorts of demographic statistics. perfect case in point about the difference between knowing your demo (defined by the market), [...]

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