The Idea Blog

I came across this article on a company called Emotive. They have a new product called ... » Continue reading "Pick Your Friends’ Ring Tones?"

Yeltsin I heard about yesterday. But this morning's news that David Halberstam has died in an auto accident in ... » Continue reading "David Halberstam"

I have seen this before, but I enjoy any victory my Boston Red Sox have over the Evil ... » Continue reading "Sweep!"

I often joke about "outdoor conferences at 18 different locations," a phrase I stole years ago (sorry, can't remember from ... » Continue reading "Research at Pine Needles"

A group of American professors of English have confirmed their belief that William Shakespeare most likely wrote the works we ... » Continue reading "Good news! Shakespeare was, uh, Shakespeare"

"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the ... » Continue reading "Banks and borrowing"

I can't help it. I've heard two stories this week that crocs are repopulating, enough, the reports say, to ... » Continue reading "Crocodiles making a comeback"

I was reading on NPR's web site about "Frost/Nixon," a play opening on Broadway today that dramatically recreates the famous ... » Continue reading "Nostalgia time"

While design as a discipline is often written off as the 'prettification' of things, its real power lies in its ... » Continue reading "The Design Of Information"

Quoted in Stuart Elliott's New York Times report from the American Association of Advertising Agencies' (4A's, we call it) ... » Continue reading "Quote of the day…"