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Everyone’s Crazy About Selfie Sticks: Here’s Why They’re So Popular
Selfie sticks are phenomenally popular this year. The handy gadgets, used to take perfect selfies on smartphones, are being now being used everywhere from New York’s Times Square to Beijing. President Obama was recently spotted snapping pictures and video clips with a selfie stick on a trip to Alaska to raise awareness on climate change.… Continue Reading
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Umbrella Facts from Pres. Lincoln to Tiki
You may already know that umbrellas have been around for thousands of years in one form or another, but did you know these interesting umbrella facts? John Wilkes Booth asked President Lincoln for a few bucks to buy an umbrella in 1864 The history of cocktail or tiki umbrellas is unclear, but started in the… Continue Reading
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QR Codes Get More Creative
The folks over at Mashable have a nice slideshow of QR (quick response) codes that break the mold and show just how much flexibility there is in the form. We have mixed feelings about QR legibility. On the one hand, it is sort of exciting to point your reader at an image without any idea where… Continue Reading
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New York does the Right Thing
We’ve been going through a melter of a heat wave here in New York, and it’s likely you’ve been experiencing the same if you are in the US (and by the way, we’d like to know who and where you are, dear readers). Wafting through what was left of our wilting brains was Spike Lee’s… Continue Reading
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July got off to a Late Start…
Near the start of each month, we like to write about celebrations, commemorations, awareness campaigns and the like that are approaching. Well, we sort of missed the boat in July. We were standing at the dock, we were ready, lifejackets in one hand, picnic basket in the other, but then we blinked and suddenly the… Continue Reading
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Interventions
A post several weeks ago on The Pop-Up City about a Lego ad campaign in Malaysia reminded us of The World’s Deepest Bin, part of Volkswagon’s The Fun Theory campaign, worth checking out if you missed it the first time around. Both campaigns provide double-take moments, using our expectations of the familiar to make us see (or… Continue Reading
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Hydrate with Branded Bottles
You too can keep your customers wet like Virgin America does, with eco-friendly, branded water bottles. Ok, ok, so we all know that current FAA regulations prohibit bringing liquid with you through security in all but the smallest (3.4 ounces or less) containers. You would think that those of us who travel frequently have it down… Continue Reading
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Tip #1: Keep Yourself Cool in the Heat Waves
This is our last post matching Lifehacker’s Top 10 Outdoor Tips for a More Pleasant Summer list with some suggestions of our own for how to increase the summer pleasure quotient of clients, customers or hard-working staff. Hope you’ve enjoyed the series. One good way to keep yourself cool is to pour yourself a tall… Continue Reading
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Tip #2: Brush up on Your First Aid
As we near the end of our series matching Lifehacker’s Top 10 Outdoor Tips for a More Pleasant Summer list with some suggestions of our own for how to increase the summer pleasure quotient of clients, customers or hard-working staff, we offer a bandaid… Well, actually, a first aid kit. Or rather: many first aid… Continue Reading
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Tip #3: Tend the Perfect Bar
This is our eighth post matching Lifehacker’s Top 10 Outdoor Tips for a More Pleasant Summer list with some suggestions of our own for how to increase the summer pleasure quotient of clients, customers or hard-working staff. Once you’ve poured over the recipes and suggestions at Lifehacker, give us a call and let us help… Continue Reading