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Extraordinary Observations

Opening eyes to the world around us...

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Brand Management

Jon Cook has an interesting post up at Reuters about the extent to which Starbucks is going to open new stores that people aren't supposed to know are owned by Starbucks. He calls it a "brand crisi...more

2009-12-03

Distance, Not Time

Colby left this comment earlier in the week:I've seen somewhere else a comment about thinking in terms of distance instead of time. Can you explain the benefit or reason for such an approach? Whene...more

2009-12-02

Movie Pricing

Nicholas Tabarrok had some interesting thoughts about movie industry pricing recently at Marginal Revolution. He points out that all movies at a given theater are priced the same, regardless of the...more

2009-12-01

Not the Point of High Speed Rail

Track Twenty-Nine draws my attention to this article about South Bend, Indiana's lobbying for a stop along a proposed high speed rail corridor. One thing concerns me, though:If the federal governme...more

2009-11-30

24 Hour Cities

This American Life is probably one of the best programs on public radio. Yesterday's new episode is one of my favorite yet - five stories that all take place in the middle of the night. Download it...more

2009-11-29

Thinking About Transportation

Aaron Naparstek of Streetsblog says it best in this interview with PBS's Blueprint America.The most interesting point comes at the end, when Naparstek notes that livable streets have become perceiv...more

2009-11-28

Another Black Friday for the Books

I don't have a crazy video this year, as it seems the Black Friday crowds have been behaving a bit less like animals this year than historically (see my posts from 2008, 2007, and 2006 if you're in...more

2009-11-27

Boomerang Kids

The Associated Press is running a story about "boomerang kids" that's been getting some attention around the blogosphere. There's no doubt that more college grads are living with their parents than...more

2009-11-26

Boycott Happy

The LA Times has an interesting story about the American Family Association being up-in-arms about corporations not using the word "Christmas" in their holiday advertisements. This year, they're ca...more

2009-11-25

Taxi Cab Payments

Daniel thinks taxi drivers are missing out on some business by refusing to accept credit and debit cards, even though they are required by law to do so. I think this is an instance in which mandati...more

2009-11-24

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