SKIRMISHER

If  I remember correctly, Sesame Street is located “somewhere” in New York City, right?
Then as now, I didn’t buy Bert’s “Pigeon Club” hogwash. And I have come to the opinion that his strange ”Doin’ The Pigeon” song is but a clever code only he and Al-Qaeda knows.
Bert was a shrewd Osama spy, who reconnoitered the City That Never Sleeps while [...]

The CEO of NextMedium, which has launched a product placement marketplace called Embed, states that, “To date, product placement has been opportunistic and Rolodex based. Our goal is to establish brand integration as an ad category.” To meet that goal, a product could be written–that is, entrenched–into a story line.
Along those lines, in order to [...]

I will present you with steps on a wonderful and always in-demand career. Most probably you have to spend most of your working hours in a dank basement but since you will be handling the dead, it is very rewarding. Just pray to the gods that you won’t be handling a loved one cos that [...]

I currently live with my family in perhaps the sloppiest municipality in the province of Laguna (no thanks to an inutile mayor every concerned citizen should assassinate for the sake of a healthy and safe society). And last night, while we were watching primetime news, the power went off for about two seconds (OK, it wasn’t the mayor’s fault – but [...]

…or just curious about driving for the dead? This post is for you because you will end up riding one someday. Hopefully not soon.

horse-drawn

Hearse driving has been with us for ages. Transporting the dead used to involve horses and carts but through industrialization, motorized hearses came about. Popular makers of modern hearses are Ford, Cadillac, [...]

I’ve been a blogger for more than 6 years now and I never really earned anything from doing it. Well not exactly. I got Mike to donate me a couple of dollars. Aside from that, nadda. Not a single cent. The Adsense on my sidebar is useless because nobody ever clicked on it. My Amazon [...]

Tired of office politics? Or how your boss fails to recognize your achievements but instead prefers your bootlickin’ officemate just because he’s/she’s a loudmouth smart-alecky? And worst of all, you can’t do a thing about it?
If you had enough, I say, screw em’ all.
Now THIS is what I call a real equalizer: a mini-bow and pen!
You get [...]

There are 10 ways how to innovate, says John Thackara, the innovative author of In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World. I’m reprinting it here, but you may go to the source.

Power Law 1: Don’t think “new product” - think social value.
Power Law 2: Think social value before “tech”.
Power Law 3: Enable human agency. [...]