Book Review: Humor, Seriously
Laughter is big business. In their book, Humor, Seriously, authors Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas have vividly written about “why humor is a secret weapon in business and in life.”
Something for your sweet tooth
Doughnuts anyone? And while you’re dunkin’ one in your morning coffee, you can contemplate how the hole came to be in the middle…because it wasn’t always that way.
The story of what might seem to be about a contemporary confection actually had ancient beginnings, but we’re just going to cut to the chase
Do you smell a good idea here?
Can you imagine a smell library that stores data collected with biochemical sensors, optics and machine learning? Can you envision an AI-powered digital nose that uses similar receptors to those in your nose to smell whatever you can smell?
Sounding a bit too futuristic?
A formula for achieving ‘flow’?
In the groove? In sync? In the flow? Whatever you call the state of mind associated with peak creativity and productivity, psychologists at Yale University say they have developed a mathematical theory to cultivate such a seemingly subjective experience. Is it possible to “be in the flow” with a formula?
What’s up in the clouds?
From a recent interview with Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, chief medical officer and director of machine learning at Amazon Web Services, we captured some takeaways about the benefits of cloud computing for medical device design, manufacturing and capabilities/performance.
To your health!
Today we’re proposing a toast to your health with a glass of water, cardamon seeds and some surprising synergistic food combos. Intrigued? Good!
Prehistoric man weighs in on back pain
For years, chronic back pain has perplexed doctors and patients alike. Yet a recently published study claims that Neanderthals suggest the reasons why. How could an early type of hominid that lived on planet earth between 200,000 to 30,000 years ago provide back pain insight in the 21st century?
What are your three favorite logos?
We may not know that logos had their beginning in 1870. Yet, more than a century later, we do know the power of logos to influence buying decisions, and that companies spend billions to promote them.
In the book, Logo Beginnings, Jens Miller details a study of nearly 10,000 logos.
The One Thing
A book for achievers who want to know why long ‘to do’ lists need to be replaced by short success lists, readers also learn the “truths” that derail success and the “lies” that sustain success with the brilliance of The One Thing.