Stephen Palgon’s “Fantasyland,” a documentary about fantasy sports players based on the book by Sam Walker, premiered in March on SnagFilms.com. “Fantasyland” follows Jed Latkin, an amateur fantasy baseball fan who earns the chance to compete in an expert league called Tout Wars during the 2008 baseball season. Financed and… more »
GMA’s Secrets of America’s Favorite Stores
Good Morning America, a “breakfast show” appearing on the ABC network, has an interesting feature which lives a dual life — on television and online. The segment is titled “Secrets of America’s Favorite Stores.” In five minutes, you are given a peek at what makes the retailers they’ve selected successful. … more »
Quick Drying Hand Towel to Lower Waste…
I made an interesting discovery the other day thanks to a post I saw at Springwise. The company is called PeopleTowels (www.peopletowels.com) and what they make is a pocket-sized, quick drying hand towel. Their goal is to lower the waste associated with paper towel use. The Towels: These reusable personal… more »
Trading Mouse Ears for Cards that Attax…
“I’m like a crazed man about this,” says Mr. Eisner. “It’s not my job to analyze it, but to make it grow.” It figures that it took someone like Michael Eisner, the former chief of the Walt Disney Company, to come up with a way to move baseball cards from… more »
Shirts Off for Southwest’s Bags Fly Free Ad
If you watched any of the March Madness NCAA basketball games, you mostly had a chance to view a very delightful ad that Southwest was running to promote their “Bags Fly Free” policy. It is rare for me to call something delightful, but this one was clever and brilliant and… more »