FEATURED COLUMN: @LIFE & CULTURE
Why We Should Teach Ethics in Our Public Schools
During my career, I’ve had the privilege of reporting directly to seven different CEOs at various Fortune 500 companies. One of the best was...
The Unlikely Evolution Of The @Symbol
For a moment, let’s not think about the @ symbol in the way we usually think of it, as the fulcrum of an email...
The Surprising Way Psychologists Measure Narcissism
Imagine that you’re a researcher who wants to investigate the effects of narcissism. The standard for evaluating narcissism is a questionnaire called the Narcissistic...
10 Places to See Before They’re Gone [infographic]
As I mentioned in my post last Thursday, the status of the world isn’t too great. Along with the depletion of earth’s natural resources,...
Why Americans Are Eating Fewer Hot Dogs
Americans spent $1.7 billion on hot dogs last year—and that’s just at supermarkets; it doesn’t count wieners purchased at restaurants and sports facilities or from...
Acts of Journalism and the Espionage Act
Earlier this month, federal prosecutors filed a formal criminal complaint against Edward Snowden charging him with three felonies for leaking information about the National Security...
12 Experiences from a Week of Listening
Last week I read a blog post from Gary Vaynerchuk that included this quote, “Social media is the first true listening platform, not speaking platform.” This...
The Physics Behind Traffic Jams
I live in Seattle and my two daily commutes last about 45 minutes. (That's when I'm lucky; sometimes it's more like two hours each.)...
Disruptions: Social Media Images Form a New Language Online
Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder, had an epiphany about the simplicity of communication through images while wearing Google Glass, the company’s controversial high-tech glasses. Mr. Brin...
What’s Next for U.S. Surveillance? Ask the British
We adore the English here in the States. They're just so precious! They call traffic circles "roundabouts," prostitutes "prozzies," and they have a queen. They're ever...
