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"Kaizen (Japanese for “improvement” or “change for the better”) refers to a..."

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:57:54 -0800

“Kaizen (Japanese for “improvement” or “change for the better”) refers to a philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, engineering, supporting business processes, and management. It has been applied in healthcare, government, banking, and many other industries. When used in the business sense and applied to the workplace, kaizen refers to activities that continually improve all functions, and involves all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers.”

- Kaizen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

YouTube - “Tony Steinberg: Brave Seventh-Grade Viking...

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:11:59 -0800

YouTube - “Tony Steinberg: Brave Seventh-Grade Viking Warrior,” by TAYLOR MALI

"I remain suspicious, however, of anyone who argues that online social networks, like Facebook, will..."

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:36:21 -0800

“I remain suspicious, however, of anyone who argues that online social networks, like Facebook, will revolutionize human interactions. Whenever I encounter some utopian celebration of Facebook, I always go back and read some Jane Goodall, or Robert Sapolsky, and remind myself that our social lives haven’t changed that much since we were hairy apes patrolling the African forest. In fact, the most obvious parallel for just about every primate troop remains high school. It’s not that Facebook doesn’t matter - it’s just that our social lives are stubborn things, and tend to revolve around the same constants regardless of the technology.”

- Facebook Friends : The Frontal Cortex

Comcast changing cable unit name - chicagotribune.com

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:31:36 -0800

Comcast changing cable unit name - chicagotribune.com

"Research from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and some NGOs seems to suggest that..."

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:23:54 -0800

“Research from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and some NGOs seems to suggest that consumers who see labels like the dolphin-friendly image on Starkist tuna or the “Totally Chlorine Free” stamp on paper products, tend to prefer those products over others. Of course, price points and other variables come into play, but in general, a green label encourages people to shift their purchases toward environmentally-friendly products.”

- Eco-labels: Do They Really Matter? | Fast Company

"Consumers don’t like to customize. They don’t like to be forced to learn new ways of..."

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:56:12 -0800

“Consumers don’t like to customize. They don’t like to be forced to learn new ways of doing things. They actually don’t like “technology”—at least not for technology’s sake. Consumers like to keep things simple and easy.”

- Gmail: A Symbol Of Everything That Is Wrong With Google—And The Reason Apple Is A Far More Beloved Consumer Company

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Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:49:34 -0800

Conan’s Contract Provisions

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:17:35 -0800

Conan’s Contract Provisions

"Young people now devote an average of seven hours and 38 minutes to daily media use, or about 53..."

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:35:57 -0800

“Young people now devote an average of seven hours and 38 minutes to daily media use, or about 53 hours a week — more than a full-time job — according to Kaiser Family Foundation findings released today.”

- Young people spend 7 hours, 38 minutes a day on TV, video games, computer - latimes.com

About Pomplamoose (via their website): ...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:14:27 -0800

About Pomplamoose (via their website): Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn started making music together in the summer of ‘08, and decided to form a band. Pomplamoose thus represents the collaborative efforts of the two afore-mentioned musicians. It also means grapefruit in French.

"$2 Million in Donations for Haiti, via Text Message"

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:37:41 -0800

“$2 Million in Donations for Haiti, via Text Message”

- Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

"three-quarters of online adults (77%) say they would not be willing to pay anything to read a..."

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:28:47 -0800

“three-quarters of online adults (77%) say they would not be willing to pay anything to read a newspaper’s content online.”

- Press Releases

Pain is Good hot sauce

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:29:32 -0800

Pain is Good hot sauce

"The longer a motorist looks away from the road, “the risk of crash or near crash goes up..."

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:25:02 -0800

“The longer a motorist looks away from the road, “the risk of crash or near crash goes up exponentially — not a linear increase, but exponentially,” Ms. Klauer said. “So when you start introducing things like e-mail, Internet access, restaurant options or anything like that, the risk goes up.””

- Driven to Distraction - Despite Risks, Carmakers Integrate the Web With the Dash - Series - NYTimes.com

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Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:27:03 -0800

Employment Future: The Decade Ahead In Jobs : NPR

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:49:57 -0800

Employment Future: The Decade Ahead In Jobs : NPR

"Nihad Aytaman, a senior technology manager at Elie Tahari, a private $500 million-a-year maker of..."

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:17:17 -0800

“Nihad Aytaman, a senior technology manager at Elie Tahari, a private $500 million-a-year maker of designer clothes for women and men, is an enthusiastic proponent of analytics technology. The information housed in the company’s data warehouse has grown fivefold in the last three years, and is constantly mined for sales trends and to orchestrate supplies and shipping. “It takes all this data and makes it visible and meaningful, so you can make sense of it and act on it,” said Mr. Aytaman, an engineer with an M.B.A. “But you’re not creating something that wasn’t there. Designers and merchandisers have to go with their gut if they are making something new. “No computer can mimic human intuition,” he said.”

- Unboxed - A Data Explosion Is Remaking Retailing - NYTimes.com

"As the monoculture fragments, social-media platforms and other wired and unwired communities are..."

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:01:05 -0800

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As the monoculture fragments, social-media platforms and other wired and unwired communities are creating new kinds of connections — connections that are building bridges between people in ways that watching Seinfeld never could. But Nass says they’re not likely to be the kinds of connections that will hold a nation together.

“The problem is, the things that tend to glue society together are people who share a number of things together,” Nass says. “It makes it easier to mobilize, to bring people together behind a cause, behind an issue” — health care, say, or war.

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- Will ‘Get What You Want’ Leave A Cultural Gap? : NPR

"a recent PLoS ONE study suggests that nearly 40 percent of food in the United States is wasted."

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:11:55 -0800

“a recent PLoS ONE study suggests that nearly 40 percent of food in the United States is wasted.”

- EcoTone » Blog Archive » Indulging in wasteful eating habits

The making of the bootleg of Avatar.

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:54:13 -0800

The making of the bootleg of Avatar.