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Millennials in Love: Why They’re Not So Different From Their Parents After All
Category: Trends
Ugly Sweaters, Other Consumer Christmas Traditions and Their Origins
Did you find yourself online shopping at a place like Ugly Christmas Sweater this season to find the perfect tacky holiday sweater to wear to a theme party? Did you find yourself wondering when the ugly Christmas sweater party became a "thing"? I thought Cliff Huxtable (for those who did not grow up in front of the … Continue reading Ugly Sweaters, Other Consumer Christmas Traditions and Their Origins
My Future Dream Job: DEO
And by dream job, I mean - this is the role I will create for myself. It's all about self-authorship and the image below is the "cloud" of my life. I am reading Rise Of The DEO by Maria Giudice and Christopher Ireland as research for a client white paper I am writing on prioritizing … Continue reading My Future Dream Job: DEO
The Future Mobile Global Internet: Context Is Everything For Emerging Telecommunications Brands
I have been receiving emails for a few weeks now from internetserviceproviders.org asking me to look at their infographics for potential sharing on my blog. In this case, the relentless communication has paid off. I thought this particular graphic, rife with statistics (some dated, and some perhaps questionable, but still thought-provoking) was interesting. I have … Continue reading The Future Mobile Global Internet: Context Is Everything For Emerging Telecommunications Brands
Millennial Wedding Rituals: Nuptuals With A Social Media-Inspired Twist
I recently attending a wedding where my wife was performing a special selection of songs for the ceremony. It was a Cinderella-style event for one of her voice student's sisters and her college sweetheart husband. Ole Miss, to be exact. The only reason I know is because at some point during toast there was a … Continue reading Millennial Wedding Rituals: Nuptuals With A Social Media-Inspired Twist
Brain Candy: An Exercise in Knowing Thy Context in The Check-Out Aisle
Checking out at the Whole Foods on my way to a Father's Day lunch I spied (and purchased) this parent-trap: Sharkies Kids Sports Chews. As with most things in life, brand and product positioning (the mindspace a company would like their product to occupy in the mind of the consumer) is all about context. In … Continue reading Brain Candy: An Exercise in Knowing Thy Context in The Check-Out Aisle
Personifying Our Pets: A Consumer Culture Creation
As someone who feels awkward around her dog when she is "naked", I can totally relate to this conversation about how we anthropomorphize our pets. The Artificial Grass for Dogs in America (and the developed world) has changed significantly as consumer culture has evolved. It used to be we domesticated animals with Natural Pet Care … Continue reading Personifying Our Pets: A Consumer Culture Creation
Social Responsibility Served Up With Niche-Oriented Subtelty
As I was mindlessly flipping through the CB2 catalogue this morning, daydreaming about what the furniture in my beach house might look like if I "had a million dollars", I spotted this My heart smiled big and I shared it on my friend's Facebook page who I know rescues Pit Bulls and has a soft … Continue reading Social Responsibility Served Up With Niche-Oriented Subtelty
Hypepotamus: The Atlanta Creative Class Creating Their Own Empowerment Platform
My favorite thing about the Creative Class as a growing sub-culture, economic force and general psychographic is the mindset that you don't have to change the system from within the system. Rather, you change the system by inventing a new one! Kevin Wallace and Health Hyneman are both native Atlantans, entrepreneurs and innovators with proven … Continue reading Hypepotamus: The Atlanta Creative Class Creating Their Own Empowerment Platform
From Low Culture To High Art: The Punk Rock Uniform
Featured in the Arts and Leisure section of the New York Times today is a journalistic tribute to context creating pop culture, inspired by the exhibit at the Metropolitain Museum of Art in New York that tells a high fashion tale of couture inspired by counterculture. Here is the online version of today's worth-a-read journalism: … Continue reading From Low Culture To High Art: The Punk Rock Uniform
The Narcissistic (American) Anthropologist 