December 2011
13 posts
“Dealing with “corporate” Apple, however, has been a complete...”
– The Ad Contrarian: Comparing Apples and Amazons
“Just how Neanderthal are you? Customers of the genetics testing service...”
– Nature News Blog: The age of Neanderthal personal genomics begins
“Recently, the composer Michael Giacchino shared his creative process with our...”
– Innovation’s No-Duh, No-Joke Secret Sauce: Friendship | Co.Design
The Healthcare timebomb
The average Californian family of 4 costs $18,000 per year for health insurance. This cost is increasing 9 percent per year. By 2020, it will be $40,000 per year! Who will be able to afford this? Not Californian companies and certainly not individuals.
Why is it so expensive? Because everyone in the health system is not just making a healthy profit, they are making a killing.
What’s...
The Ad Contrarian: The Gold Medal In Jargonomics →
Congratulations to Sprint’s CMO for winning The Ad Contrarian first Gold Medal in Jargonomics. He managed to cram a remarkable stinking, reeking heap of CMO double-talk into one sentence yesterday as he announced he had fired Goodby.
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive...”
– Howard Thurman, an influential American author, philosopher, theologian, educator and civil rights leader (1899-1981)
