the old school email

Globally, time spent in “member communities” (social networks) exceeds time spent in email.    

“The story is consistent across the world, ‘Member Communities’ have taken a foothold in every major market from 50% of the online population in Switzerland and Germany to 80% in Brazil. Facebook has become the largest player on the global stage. The study found that Facebook’s greatest growth has come from 35-49 year-olds, and it has added twice as many 50-64 year-olds as those under 18. Now that social media has broken out of the youth demographic, the search for a workable ad model is even more urgent, says the report.”

Read the rest of the story on Mediapost.com.

jammin’

Kutiman mixes YouTube:  ThruYOU

I highly recommend #3.

make them give an answer

I’ve just created a new category for this blog called “Economy,” because I have been coming across some really great resources on the economic crisis and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (more commonly known as the stimulus bill), and so I foresee some interesting and informative posts on these topics in the future.  

For now, check out Jon Stewart taking CNBC’s Jim Cramer to task about his stock show “Mad Money”:

prairie home companion

Jess and I drove to our friends’ house for lunch yesterday, and on the way we listened to Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion.  We ended up sitting in the car for 5 minutes after parking because we heard this great song, sung live by Kristin Chenoweth.  Well, I found a video of her performing it previously, so check it out.

the world isn’t split between those who are smart and those who aren’t…

I can’t remember where I read this, but in some scholarly piece of literature somewhere someone developed a typology for intelligence.  Where do you fit in? 

Active intelligent: you are smart and assertive.  you make things happen.

Passive intelligent:  you are smart, but not a go-getter.  you can be trusted, but not put in charge of things.

Active stupid:  you are not smart but you are assertive.  in other words, you should be watched carefully.

Passive stupid:  you are not smart or assertive.  just do what you do.

fighting the flu

It’s about 65 degrees and sunny here in Columbia today, so why am I coming down with the flu?  Very counterintuitive.  However, fresh ginger is Robin to my Batman, and we will prevail over this evil strain of sickness.  

 

Ginger.

street art