Bad Girl, Good Business

Are you suffering from infobesity? Infoxicated?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Too much content turning you into a staggering chubby person? Is all of this information, visual stimulation, and social commentary making us wiser or just fat, stupid, and inattentive? In 1970 (when libraries were buildings and Google hadn’t yet been born), Alvin Toffler coined the phrase “information overload” in his book Future Shock.  The Harvard Business Review wrote about […]

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Dead Presidents & Mattress Sales

Reading Time: 2 minutes So, what is this President’s Day three-day weekend thing all about anyway? Is it an excuse for stores to have sales (see below), people to get away from the freezing temps, and families to go on ski vacations? Sort of. When I was growing up, we celebrated Lincoln’s birthday and Washington’s birthday as separate holidays. […]

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