Monthly Archives: April 2012

Like Aldo Leopold, Bill McKibben, and Rachel Carson, biologist E.O. Wilson is a leading thinker in humankind’s evolving attitudes toward our planet, our home, and how they constitute our only future. “The Social Conquest of Earth” is Wilson’s new book … Continue reading →

When it comes to social media and cross-platform viewing behaviors (meaning Facebook, video, and blogs), women are the queens of the Internet. Nielsen’s new study confirms old speculation but these numbers are shocking and overwhelming. The study also reinforces several … Continue reading →

This is a question I’ve been interested in since I was a kid watching “Wild Kingdom” on Sunday afternoon instead of playing baseball. It was mostly because I was interested in television but I found Nature shows and documentaries particularly … Continue reading →

When Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson chose to shoot and produce “The Hobbit” in 48 frames per second digital video instead of film, he created a lot of buzz in the video production community. We may be wonks but we have … Continue reading →

People like Rupert Murdoch get to be Rupert Murdoch because they are unrelenting masters of manipulation: words, pictures, money, and most important, people. So when the emperor of News Corp. testifies before a special panel of similarly elitist judges in … Continue reading →

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No- it’s Smartinversion. SmartPlanet’s Tuan Nguyen has an incredible story of Swiss designer Paul Schatz who has created an object that flies by literally turning itself inside out. You’ve got to see … Continue reading →

Funny: I don’t hear the Scots telling the Don how to style his hair. When unusual characters crawl out (or in this case, slither) through the cracks in the walls into regions of interest that appear equally strange, it’s time to … Continue reading →

A new study by Boston Consulting Group confirms the escalation of returning American manufacturing jobs off-shored to China for the past few decades. One-third of the large manufacturers polled said they plan to or are considering it. While rising labor … Continue reading →

SmartPlanet’s Mark Halper has joined the chorus of support (including mine) for the location of Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and others’ proposed new, gigantic data centers in Iceland. It’s a perfect fit. Iceland has the green power that these corporate behemoths … Continue reading →

  Businesses are still finding out what Hollywood and ad agencies have known for more than a century: humans communicate visually first and foremost. New numbers from the Content Marketing Institute and the B2B marketing site Savvy show video is … Continue reading →