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mp3 mix-tape of 38 Christmasy hip-hop jams →
Christmas Gift Rap by Matthew Africa. Kurtis Blow gold: “And the taste of the bass was in my face…” 
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“It’s been a slow start for me this year,” he says. “Just a...”
– 88 year old Fred Beckey. As inspirational as ever. The Old Man, His Mountains
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Christmas Infiltration ha! Abed and Troy got skeels. (via NBC)
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On Branding and Advertising Metrics
Reading this fantastic exerpt from George Parker’s new book, Confessions of a Mad Man over at PSFK. Good thoughts on advertising metrics in general but his arrow is definitely trained on social media as ad platform: “The current meme du jour branding-wise is all about engaging in “conversations” with consumers. To the point where these poor unfortunates’ are so enthused about “The...
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“Where this research gets even more interesting, is that when a behaviour is...”
– From an outstanding article on social labeling. Interesting if you are in to psychology and/or marketing and/or why people do the irrational things we do. How can we change consumer behaviour to benefit the environment? (guardian.co.uk)
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It’s Consumer Spending, Stupid →
AS an economic historian who has been studying American capitalism for 35 years, I’m going to let you in on the best-kept secret of the last century: private investment — that is, using business profits to increase productivity and output — doesn’t actually drive economic growth. Consumer debt and government spending do. Private investment isn’t even necessary to promote growth. This is, to put...
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“I expect most carpenters know everything about what makes a good hammer and yet...”
– ~ Robert Adam Ray
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The Official Website of Hacksaw Jim Duggan →
Eff yeah. Best business enquiries promo photo ever.
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The Best Animated Sports GIFs Of June: A 20-Act... →
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Kilian Martin’s Weird, Awesome Skateboard Tricks At first he reminded me of Rodney Mullen circa 1984 but then he takes it to a whole other level with the one-legged stuff. Wow.
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