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…
April 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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…
March 24, 2010 by 1 Comment
“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 »
Mad Men Barbie Dolls?
March 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
According to a story by Stuart Elliott of The New York Times, Mattel has plans to add “Mad Men” inspired Barbie and Ken dolls to their line. He said it was “a promotion for the television series as well as for Barbie.” Now before you go off wondering if little… more »
Schools to Teach Critical Thinking with Movies
March 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The program should help kids manage and decode the barrage of visual information they absorb in daily life, to “shape their minds to a critical way of looking at these images and what they mean, and how to interpret them…
