by David | Oct 10, 2008 | economics
That’s $42.70 if you’re keeping track. And that’s how much change was sitting in a jar in my kitchen when I finally dragged it off to the supermarket and dumped it into the coinstar machine. That’s right, I paid a big green box 8.9% of my...
by David | Oct 10, 2008 | design, economics, technology
Have you noticed that just about every computer or TV screen has gone widescreen? I’m not sure what portion of TV programming or movies comes in what aspect ratio, but I’m definitely seeing computer monitors expanding horizontally. There are some good...
by David | Sep 25, 2008 | culture, design, economics, media, photo
You know you have a problem when you go shopping for something when you have recently purchased examples of that same thing sitting around your house, unopened. Well, maybe not in the case of food. But in the case of art, I think I might have this problem. Last...
by David | Sep 15, 2008 | economics, technology, working
All the discussion of lipstick these days makes me think of the old adage, “You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your handsome prince.” Sure, some frogs are so awful they’re utterly unkissable, and some hop away as soon as they see you...
by David | Sep 9, 2008 | economics, media
You may have noticed that I’ve been critical of print advertising, especially in general interest publications. But oddly enough, not that long ago, I encountered a print ad so compelling that I took action. Repeatedly. And yet the merchant did not win the...
by David | Sep 4, 2008 | culture, economics, urbanism
No, I don’t mean the trouble all those college kids are getting into, I mean Charity Muggers, or “chuggers” as the limeys call them. I was at lunch with @tangyslice in Davis square today and observed him live-blogging the local charity panhandlers. ...
