Recently readI can’t help stealing from Clive Davis, who presents this:
I had one fundamental question about economics: Why do some places prosper and thrive while others just suck? It’s not a matter of brains. No part of the earth (with the possible exception of Brentwood) is dumber than Beverly Hills, and the residents are wading […]
While reading my grandfather’s sports hall of fame page and feeling a little sad (”Danicki left Lorain High School early to take on jobs for as little as 25 cents an hour to help his parents put food on the table…”), there was a call from the salon that perked me up.
ANTOINE: Honey, Luke’s on […]
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Seth Godin asks marketers: How much would you pay to be on Oprah’s TV show?
The persistent reporter who spoke to me the other day wouldn’t stop asking the same question, “What percentage of your annual sales are directly attributable to your blog?” Perhaps you’ve heard the same question from your boss. Proof is what […]
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Amy Alkon will like this one: Increasing numbers of British professionals say that they have no time for sex, and so pay thousands of pounds to undergo IVF. I wonder where they end up finding the time to, you know, raise their kids.
Two recent gems from Amy: First, she photoblogged some rude mothers, and then […]
I really wish I could find a good blog about cleaning and household organisation. Technorati’s Blog Finder is, unsurprisingly, not much help on this one.
I tried to get into Flylady, but hate the way it is written and presented. There are some good tips there, but I have to hold my nose to sift through […]
Get the most out of your mobile’s camera with these creative uses.
I got that link from Lifehacker. It is such a worthwhile blog, but one that fills up with so many posts that, by the time I get round to checking them on Sunday, I feel overwhelmed. Anyone got a life hack for that? […]
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How proud British taxpayers should be of this:
PATIENTS spent two days in “grotty” wards - after a hospital ran out of mops.
Cleaners at the Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow were left stunned after bosses told them of the shortage. And it took two working days for the hospital to replace all the mops.
…After replacement mops […]
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Niall Kennedy is asking bloggers to fill out the Technorati/Edelman Blogger PR survey. It’s very brief, so I was happy to. My answers? Not all so brief. For posterity’s sake, here’s how I answered a question on what PR people can do to communicate more effectively with bloggers:
1. Don’t send me emails with huge […]
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I think a lot about the kind of place where I would like us to live someday. London does that to you.
Last night, over dinner with Adriana and Perry and Perry’s Slovakian housekeeper, I mentioned that I think I’d like to live in Texas someday. Cue shock and incredulity. I forgot to mention that […]
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I have an insane amount to do this weekend, so I’m going to save blogging as my reward for completion of tasks. (If there’s a more thrilling way to live than this, I don’t want to know about it.)
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Last night, sitting in Pizza Express on Dean Street with some colleagues, who did I see walk past but Mr Peter “Public Interest” Briffa? I ran out of the restaurant, graceful as a swan (I promise!), and caught up with him.
“I was just talking about you!” he said. Hoping against hope that he had […]
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I thought I was the only one who is prone to walking-through-the-house rage. Guess not!
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It’s hard not to quote every single thing that Hillary Johnson, my beauty blog co-editor, who also writes on business topics for Inc magazine and was the founding editor of charitable giving mag Arroyo, ever blogs. Delve into her back catalogue of articles - like the one about how her innovation-minded father struggles “to reconcile […]
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