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All Joy and No Fun
But the intensification of family time is not confined to the privileged classes alone. According to Changing Rhythms of American Family Life—a compendium of data porn about time use and family stat... Read more
http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/67024/
Tags: parenting, psychology, children, happiness, culture, family, economics, kids, article, gender Saved by: admin at 08 Jul 2010

How Social Media Has Radically Altered Advertising
"To put things into perspective, it’s helpful to look back at the impact that TV had on the ad business in the mid 60s and draw some parallels with where we are today."
http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/social-media-advertising/
Tags: socialmedia, advertising, marketing, social, business, culture, media, facebook, ping.fm, internet Saved by: admin at 07 Jul 2010

Why morning people rule the world | Life & Style
Evolution has produced a range of humans capable of being alert to danger at every hour of the day. Our experience confirms these findings. We all know people who love to be at work bright and early, ... Read more
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23852426-why-morning-people-rule-the-world.do
Tags: productivity, sleep, health, psychology, morning, toread, life, culture, evolution, science Saved by: admin at 06 Jul 2010

How the Web Is Affecting Social Relations [STUDY]
How the Web is Affecting Social Relations [STUDY] - http://ow.ly/26my9 – Pete Cashmore (mashable) http://twitter.com/mashable/statuses/17585099762
http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/pew-study-web-social-relations/
Tags: internet, via:packrati.us, socialmedia, social,, sociology, web, articles, culture, digital_rhetoric, future Saved by: admin at 03 Jul 2010

Okay, kids, play on my lawn - Roger Ebert's Journal
I was a fool for mentioning video games in the first place. I would never express an opinion on a movie I hadn't seen. Yet I declared as an axiom that video games can never be Art. I still believe thi... Read more
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/07/okay_kids_play_on_my_lawn.html
Tags: art, games, criticism, culture, videogames, ebert, internet, blog, gaming, design Saved by: admin at 02 Jul 2010

Floating World (FacePainting)
The newer adaptation with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan – while not without its editing faults – dealt not only with a coming-of-age story but also with a universal message of humane goodness that u... Read more
http://splinterend.tumblr.com/post/749364670/facepainting
Tags: race, racism, film, racebending, movies, culture, avatar, politics, failbender, entertainment Saved by: admin at 01 Jul 2010

Why did so many successful entrepreneurs and startups come out of PayPal? Answered by Insiders
“Willingness to try – even in a data-driven culture, you’ll always run in to folks who either don’t believe you have collected the right supporting data for a given decision or who just arenâ€... Read more
http://primitus.com/blog/why-did-so-many-successful-entrepreneurs-and-startups-come-out-of-paypal-answered-by-insiders/
Tags: paypal, business, startup, entrepreneurship, management, culture, entrepreneur, startups, success, inspiration Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2010

VODO presents: Pioneer One
Pioneer One is the latest project from Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith whose previous indie feature The Lionshare, became VODO's biggest success to date with over 450,000 downloads since its release. T... Read more
http://vodo.net/pioneerone
Tags: video, torrent, download, free, series, culture, entertainment, movies, bittorrent, innovation Saved by: admin at 21 Jun 2010

Unboxed - Yes, People Still Read, but Now It’s Social - NYTimes.com
"We are marginally less focused, and exponentially more connected. That’s a bargain all of us should be happy to make." http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/2010/06/more-on-the-shallows.html: "actuall... Read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/business/20unbox.html
Tags: reading, books, social, via:packrati.us, psychology, socialmedia, internet, brain, multitasking, culture Saved by: admin at 21 Jun 2010

10 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Google
A bonus factoid from Google’s IPO process is the value Google stated it hoped to raise on its S-1 form — as much as $2,718,281,828. It may just look like a string of numbers to non-mathletes, but ... Read more
http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/
Tags: google, facts, fun, via:packrati.us, interesting, business, culture, funny, socialnetworking, articles Saved by: admin at 21 Jun 2010