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“Toulouse lost? EEK!” you say. What happened? Some of you might also recall that this isn't the first time I "lost" Toulouse. There was the other liquor store incident in Louisville, Kentucky... Well, as some of you know I am on the...
Topics: Darwin's Paradox, Detroit, Somerset Collection, Toulouse, Toulouse LeTrek
Topics: Darwin's Paradox, Detroit, Somerset Collection, Toulouse, Toulouse LeTrek
Isn’t that an oxymoron? More sociable people are more exposed to germs, after all. Yet a study by Sheldon Cohen and his colleagues published in Psychological Science (2003) showed that less sociable people caught colds more often than those who...
Topics: Facebook, isolation and sickness, physical and mental health, scientific american, social identities, social networks, socializing and health, socializing and sickness, virtual socializing
Topics: Facebook, isolation and sickness, physical and mental health, scientific american, social identities, social networks, socializing and health, socializing and sickness, virtual socializing
Three Mistakes Not to Make When Crossing the Border - 14 days ago
I wasn’t long back from my month-long sojourn out of province and country when I had to cross the border yet again into the United States on a mailing errand. I thought nothing of it, as I grabbed my passport and the package I was taking across the... Topics: border crossings, Canada Border Services, crossing the border, nina munteanu
The Speed of Life: Slow Down and Taste Life - 21 days ago
Europeans really know how to eat. More to the point—they know how to slow down so they can enjoy what they are eating. When I was in Paris last year, I witnessed the bustle and rush of working Parisians in the Metros and the crowded streets; but I also. Topics: fast food, good food, slow food, slow food recipe, speed of life
The view that good ideas are rarer and more valuable than good people is rooted in a misconception of creativity —Ed Catmull, Pixar Recently, Piet Voute , my neighbor and a cool animator (you may have read my interview with him here ) passed me an...
Topics: capitalism, collective creativity, computer animation, Ed Catmull, good ideas vs. good people, Harvard Business Review, Pixar, power to the creatives
Topics: capitalism, collective creativity, computer animation, Ed Catmull, good ideas vs. good people, Harvard Business Review, Pixar, power to the creatives


































