MICHAEL STIPE is one of my inspirations, from some of the darkest days in my personal life. His distinct music, visual work, and productions off stage (such as in producing Being John Malkovich) make me crave a visit to one of his workspaces, such as the one he showed in New York. | Continue »

TODAY MARKS a big change in my teaching career as I walk the final steps with my Tipperary Institute colleagues into a collaborative venture with the Limerick Institute of Technology. One of the measures of merit lies in whether the amalgamation of the two institutions will increase collegial collaboration. | Continue »

"This Jewish girl never swallowed" - my grandma. Quote of the night. Maybe the year | Continue »

"Music and wine just to pass the time." - Blue Six, Music and Wine (Teksoul Dub) My friend Michelle, of Music With Me, posted the following: Uploaded with Skitch! The average iTunes library has 5,409 songs of which 4,195 have never been played. Put another way: we listen to about 19% of the music we own. Why upload your entire library when you only listen to 19% of your music. Ever. I'm not interested in debating the value of putting music in the cloud. What I am interested in is my own musical listening habits. My iTunes library has 23,398... | Continue »

New technology sometimes brings change that is so swift and sweeping, that the implications are hard to grasp. Such is certainly the case with the rapid expansion of media use by children and youth for ever larger portions of their... | Continue »

It's reported that student debt in the USA is approaching a trillion dollars, five times what it was ten years ago. Are those in debt buying more education or are they seeking better branding in the form of coveted diplomas?... | Continue »

October 22 2008 By RCR Wireless News Hispanic teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 represent a significant market segment for the U.S. wireless industry. A new report from MultiMedia Intelligence estimates the segment includes about 2.5 million subscribers and is expected to grow at rate of two-to-three-times that of the overall U.S. teen market during the next five years, said the firm. “Teens overall are a critical wireless market segment, as initial subscriber and handset relationships can establish life-long purchasing patterns,” said MultiMedia Intelligence. “Within the teen segment, Hispanic teens have unique wireless usage characteristics.” The report finds... | Continue »

Kristen Purcell presents Pew Internet findings on teen communication trends and social network site use as part of a joint research project with the Girl Scout Research Institute. The research report also features findings from the Girl Scout Research Institute's... | Continue »

Did you know that many teas contain aluminum? If you order iced tea from a restaurant, hold the lemon. If you drink green tea at home – skip the lemon too. Why? If the restaurant that you frequent prepares their iced tea (or their carbonated sodas) using tap water, then you are drinking chemical and/or metallic additives including fluoride and extra aluminum. If you add lemon to your tap-water tea or soft drink, the lemon acts like a catalyst and will increase the absorption of these metals into your body, including the absorption of aluminum in your brain. Think about... | Continue »

These are the words that entrepreneurs, painters, artists, statesmen, customer service pioneers and writers need to hear. Not true. They don't need to hear them, they need to feel them. No artist needs a fair weather friend, an employee or... | Continue »

DICK WINTERS PASSED away on the second of January 2011 after losing his fight with Parkinson's disease. | Continue »

Los Angeles Times writes about Steve Martin's new book 'An Object of Beauty.' | Continue »

JWT Intelligence has put together an insightful and simple presentation about our future - including social media, relationships, sustainability, sharing, new forms of currency and content. It’s a wide-ranging compilation that in part reflects broader shifts they’ve been tracking over... | Continue »

Mike walks across America from New York to San Francisco. Here's a Google Map of the journey: http://bit.ly/brNULW Produced by Conscious Minds http://www.conscious-minds.com Directed by Sam Griffith Music - "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros http://www.myspace.com/edwardsharpe | Continue »

I'm in the process of moving video content, from DVD to computer. Today was I'm Alan Partridge , and it got me thinking of Alan's sports casual line. All of this makes me laugh (strolling pastel!), but I'll always love... | Continue »

IT'S HARD TO BEAT this take of Time Magazine's Man of the Year from Saturday Night Live. Bill Hader plays Julian Assange in "a pleasantly maniacal" way, according to Chris Matyszczyk. I agree. | Continue »

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Q: My school-age kids have seen TV shows and movies that show inaccurate stereotypes of the first Thanksgiving—grateful Pilgrims and wild “Indians” and lots of peace and harmony. Is it my place to correct them? A: If what your kids are learning isn’t in line with your understanding of the actual story of Thanksgiving, start a discussion about what they’ve heard, and consider guiding them through these concepts that add nuance and accuracy to their understanding. Answered by Dr. Michael Rich, The Mediatrician® | Continue »

Read an interesting article from MediaPost this morning entitled "Are Media Brands Ready to Be Brands?" The question about whether or not media brands are like real brands has been asked every since I've been in the media business. The... | Continue »

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