In a fragmented world, the water cooler effect is bigger than ever, but so very different. Massive news events are now following a similar and somewhat predictable pattern. The news of the recent passing of Whitney Houston was broken on Twitter, rather than a conventional media source and it...
Much has been written in recent week’s about America’s shrinking middle class and it seems that there are fast becoming two target audiences; an affluent group and then those trying to make the most of the limited budgets they have. While it’s easy to imagine what the affluent...
Brain Picking has a great summary of the new businesses and models that circumvent and provide alternatives to traditional avenues of consumption. There are sites that encourage people to lend stuff to neighbors; SnapGoods, Neighborgoods, Share Some SugarSites that encourage "swapping"; Swaptree...