After a five-month hiatus from blogging, I decided to fire it up again. I enjoy writing, just as I enjoy other things I don’t make time to do: knitting, exercising and reading actual books (as opposed to Us Weekly and geek tomes about SEO and website analytics). But I’ve decided that my problem is my [...]
The United States Census 2010 is touted as “One of the shortest forms in history–10 questions in 10 minutes.” Actually, even with four people living in my household, it took me less than half that time to complete. The demographics/data geek in me wishes they’d asked a few more questions. As someone old enough to [...]
It is a beautiful, sunny day in Chicago. Still cold, but sunny. So, I walked to lunch at Wishbone. On the way back, my tummy full of black-eyed peas, I snapped these photos on my iPhone in the 800 block of W. Washington. On my side of the street: an art gallery, with this on [...]
Wow. I missed this spot during the Super Bowl last night, but it’s definitely a favorite. Simple, understated, with no voiceover; this ad for search engine Google manages to evoke the most important, happiest, and possibly scariest events in a person’s life. Watch it more than once and the story comes to life. <sniff>
I’ve already seen two FLO TV ads during the Super Bowl, and I loved them both. The one with Jim Nantz is a hoot. But I’m puzzled … is this an idea whose time came about 20 years ago? I can remember thinking, literally, dozens of times growing up: “If they can make a transistor [...]
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