January 2011
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“Don’t hide yourself in regret
just love yourself and you’re set....”
– Lady Gaga
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December 2010
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A Day With an E-mail Scammer - NYTimes.com →
Read and laugh.
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“I had grown up in public housing in a family in which people told me to pay...”
– For Joel Klein, Schools Chancellor, Some Regrets - NYTimes.com
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A Johnston & Murphy Promotion Relies on... →
I like the juxtaposition of the discomfort of the situations and the comfort of the shoes. I think it’s also a commonsensical campaign; people are willing to share embarrassing moments with others who are doing the same, and who want to laugh it off together. Also interesting because I feel like marketing to this male demographic is not often thought about (compared to females of a similar...
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E-Mail Gets an Instant Makeover →
I think this has been a noticeable change for some time now, and it’ll be interesting to see how marketers respond to this shift. I am definitely still one of those people who is by their e-mail all the time though, for work and for blog notifications (livejournal, tumblr, wordpress, etc).
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Fake vs. Real Tree - NYTimes.com →
“As I report in Saturday’s Times, at least one major study found that the real tree was probably the better choice.”
Interesting points. I think environmental friendliness is so often dumbed down that we automatically assume that reusable/recyclable is better than consumption (or reducing! people often forget it’s reduce, then reuse, then recycle).
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Gift Cards With Bells and Whistles - NYTimes.com →
Interesting to consider the marketing behind gift cards: how they’re seen as the I-gave-up gift and how retailers are trying to add a little shizazz to their gift cards. I feel like to really increase demand for these cards, you have to add perks to them, even if it’s something small. An example is the Starbucks card, where there are perks such as free syrup and free refills for...
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The Boston College Chronicle - '11 Years of Making... →
LOL. Oh BC…
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DREAM Act: I’m an Illegal Immigrant at Harvard -... →
“I was a little girl who hadn’t even learned the alphabet when I overstayed my visa. If the DREAM Act doesn’t pass, I might have to take my degree and go back to a country I never knew.”
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