Author: James Runkle

Sin is all around us. Even in social media best-practices, it seems.

Marketing and packaging is specifically designed to catch your attention and distract you from what you really need at the grocery store. However, two social scientists are making small changes that will have a big impact on our healthy habits.

Catch up on the 20 hottest design trends of 2013. Hint: that Clipart of the fire-dude didn’t make the list.

Be more Presidential – this article on how college President’s are using social media to help meet their school’s objectives is a great read. But kind of a long read, so let me give you the important bits and how you can learn from them. 

Crispy fried chicken and chipotle mayo between two halves of a glazed doughnut? Ummm, yes please.  Introducing the latest State Fair monstrosity – Chicken and Waffles with a Twist. And I love it. 

Pow Wow is a brand new app that lets you open up your Spotify playlist to select people (who hopefully have great taste in music) so that they can add songs to your playlist. At a wedding? Let your iPhone be the DJ? At a

From my pal @alainawiens comes this post on Klout scores – should social media metrics, such as likes and follows, be used by employers to judge the worth of their job candidates?

When your job depends on you having fresh, creative ideas it’s easy to feel the pressure of new/now/different.  If you’re feeling stressed, take a minute and read the Holstee Manifesto. There, don’t you feel better? Now get back to work!

A college in Peru has found the best way to promote its engineering program.  Don’t just advertise – make your advertising make a difference.