tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70129924312404297872024-03-05T14:59:20.998-08:00 mentalogicaArts. Science. Culture. We comment on the Social Media trends and topics you make every day. @mentalogicamentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-16540889574063210102013-11-18T05:48:00.002-08:002013-11-18T05:48:43.845-08:00Facebook must FailRead a recent comment on the decline of Facebook. <br />
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It's just like any other innovation. And you don't need to be an expert or an analyst. Someone paid to have an opinion on tech matters. People will always want something else. Facebook takes time. And for many it takes a lot of time. Now unless I become an addict, I realize, "Hey?! Where did my life go." ...and Facebook...done. I need something less time consuming and just as falsely fulfilling. Who has that for me?<br />
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As an experiment: If you know any high school kids, then ask a few about what they use to say meaningless things to people they may or may not actually know. I suspect you will find not many mention the billion dollar advertising machine that is Facebook. So if current high schoolers don't care what ten year future is there, at least for now?<br />
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Ask yourself then. What do these social sites make? Your answer I suspect will reveal they make nothing. And with the other tools available to you, you can do without any of the connectedness social media provides.<br />
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All of us know, there is no reality to hundreds of friends, thousands of followers, millions of views. You know the people you see. And you know the people you talk to every day day.<br />
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What is the next innovation in social media? A face to face conversation. mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-2014759495051920042013-02-20T04:12:00.001-08:002013-02-20T04:12:08.147-08:00A Winter MuseI see a deer. Suddenly. It runs from the forest edge on to the asphalt. The hooves slip. Just a bit. Have you ever seen a deer fall. Two jumps. And 20 feet of road: cleared. <br />
She runs into the snow covered field on the other side. There are still stumped corn stalks staring through the flakes. The deer's breath make small clouds as she runs to the forest line. <br />
Brown field. Patch of green. Harrowed rows. <br />
Then gone. <br />
No trace. No breath. No motion.<br />
The still trees consumed that distant figure. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2ysktuCuY41zVqwRVPP5mf0hCx_dU6o9JYjfm17Vd-reQIkcuH2nJwH9sjiAYoIlnEJzu1ZdJkKOq3L23x5CGFKR4sdVwO_gQa1JVmX4P6cFw1CjTQ2dAD4_3st9cxLLenlhyvJEKHMG/s640/blogger-image--1069686796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2ysktuCuY41zVqwRVPP5mf0hCx_dU6o9JYjfm17Vd-reQIkcuH2nJwH9sjiAYoIlnEJzu1ZdJkKOq3L23x5CGFKR4sdVwO_gQa1JVmX4P6cFw1CjTQ2dAD4_3st9cxLLenlhyvJEKHMG/s640/blogger-image--1069686796.jpg" /></a></div>mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-71935758347836628842013-02-19T05:14:00.000-08:002013-02-19T05:14:40.818-08:00recycling 101: aluminum<h2>as promised. (days ago). and introduction to recycling from <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/recycle-one-thing1.htm">how stuff works</a><p>now ask yourself why would a hospital with thousands of employees and probably thousands of cans not recycle? seems unwise and wasteful.</h2><a href="http://www.roperld.com/science/minerals/Bauxite_Recycled.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://www.roperld.com/science/minerals/Bauxite_Recycled.jpg" /><center>most relevant graphic i could find. everybody loves pictures.</center></a>mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-48435489667316732522013-02-12T06:46:00.001-08:002013-02-12T06:46:36.976-08:00We Don't Recycle<h2>just saw this at a major medical center. my first thought: why not? <br />
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my next thought: how much could they get for the thousands of cans trashed every day?<br />
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ill work out some estimates later. </h2><br />
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-66357914407466987962013-01-30T07:03:00.001-08:002013-01-30T07:03:34.183-08:00e-mail disease<h2>what are the signs?<h2> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNOU61VOJeu1vsAAP_clI3z6pj9gSYOVE0RW4xpbV5Gdys9p7lvtD_cdmidE1_aJQFd7Blwcbb1pmhduACQzwUKz8ou7nssrWObIgjEoSpVjT8WIatQh4VPGTQE0HEPNI424imqeZ6BV/s640/blogger-image-734193261.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNOU61VOJeu1vsAAP_clI3z6pj9gSYOVE0RW4xpbV5Gdys9p7lvtD_cdmidE1_aJQFd7Blwcbb1pmhduACQzwUKz8ou7nssrWObIgjEoSpVjT8WIatQh4VPGTQE0HEPNI424imqeZ6BV/s640/blogger-image-734193261.jpg" /></a></div>mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-47901333382156817782013-01-30T06:34:00.002-08:002013-01-30T06:34:51.222-08:00e-mail disease<h2>what is e-mail disease. thus, i offer the teaser to a rant that follows the next few days.<p>you probably have your own definiton. e-mail revolutionized communication. but what has been it's most enduring legacy: e-mail disease</p></h2>mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-10635952374906995952013-01-26T09:11:00.001-08:002013-01-26T09:11:38.077-08:00colors of the past: photos from the 40's<h2> i would love for readers of this blog to see <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-501465_162-10011709.html">this</a> collection of photos. yes safe to look at. photos from the 40's. for some reason in my mind those decades are all black, gray, and brown. go now!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-27151428782226005162013-01-25T10:16:00.000-08:002013-01-25T10:16:56.224-08:00new orleans pelicans<h2> would you rather learn about the bird than the basketball team? travel <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/pelican/">here</a> to national geographic.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-53927828310105052132013-01-24T16:04:00.000-08:002013-01-24T16:04:01.757-08:00get the name of the dog<h2> i've been listening to the podcast version of Roy Peter Clark's "Writing Tools". first, i recommend you give the time to these short podcasts. i think you'll find that these tools will work for your public speaking and storytelling (which should describe your public speaking method).<p> thought I would comment a bit on the tip titled "get the name of the dog". your story comes alive when you use describe in detail the color of the rotary phone on the wall, the color, model, and year of the car, the exact weather of the moment. notice this in the next news article you read. i think you will discover journalists usually give "the name of the dog" even in a story of just a few hundred words.</p> so, the next time you tell a story; describe some element of the plot in some combination of brief but significant detail. see if you can win that "my story is better than your story" conversation exchange that characterizes most adult interactions.</p></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-5645844382090485922013-01-22T15:36:00.001-08:002013-01-22T15:36:39.505-08:00it is what it is<h2> this is such a defeatist idea and cliche. i hope most of us realize it is a cliche. a trite meaningless expression. something that lets us connect and commiserate with each other.<p> first lets consider what is negative in this phrase. and then as i plan to do in all cases, lets consider the power for good such sad statements can effect in our lives</p>ok. what's negative. this "it is" speaks of surrender to me. some may suggest that the comment merely resigns to the past and the unalterable. i suggest that thinking this way also colors our future. and the colors are gray and black and beige. (you know boring, austere colors. don't get me wrong the black and gray are my colors of choice. i always look slightly dressed up. good for my image.)<p>if my filters to the past color my perspective hopeless, don't you suppose that same filter blinds my sight to hopes, opportunities, and possibilities ahead.<p> the positives. "it is" because i can do more. i can look at the past and accept my chance for improvement. "it is what it is" this is my chance to create deliberative future actions that shapes the "it" to my vision for life, hope, and happiness. sure something went badly or horribly wrong. redefine the past to terms that positively effect the future. sure these trite platitudes i spout may annoy you. but come on you folks with the half full glasses love this stuff. we all should. emotional response is a choice for most of us. make yours a choice you can live with in your "what it is" present". </h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-35964378718061484642013-01-21T17:52:00.000-08:002013-01-21T17:52:54.314-08:00contemplating zero<h2>i think that most of us are afraid. we are afraid we make the wrong choice for a major. we are afraid we'll choose the wrong career. the wrong second job. the wrong go back to school degree. the wrong mortgage.<p> you get the idea</p><p>it seems to me advice experts want you to see opportunity in failure. a new sun rising over the mountain brightening a day of hope and possibility.</p> you know what failure is just what we should think it is</p><p> it means our idea was bad. our plan was bad. our widget was a disaster</p> failure is not the hope of the new. it is the reasonable abandonment of a stupid choice. a terrible decision.</p><p> own your failure. reject it. and forget about. get back on the horse. stand after your fall. dust yourself off. start over. embrace the emotional or physical pain of your mistake. make it a part of who you are</p> and please don't do something stupid twice. some single actions won't offer you any recovery. if i can't say dumb things on my own blog, then why have it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</h2>mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-14556452889363924112013-01-21T13:37:00.000-08:002013-01-21T13:37:16.295-08:00john cleese on creativity<h2><object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/VShmtsLhkQg?hl=en_US&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/VShmtsLhkQg?hl=en_US&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <p>take the time to watch a master improvisor discuss invention and innovation.</p> </h2>mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-41231967433908067802013-01-17T06:47:00.000-08:002013-01-17T07:25:17.492-08:00thinking about childish behavior<h2> today's post inspired by some foot stomping i overheard round the corner from where i am sitting.<p> the matter leading to the tantrum carries no importance. i just wanted to type and think about the incident for a bit.</p><p> imagine the last time you didn't get your way. how did you respond? there was a pout on your face. you had to surpress it. only children pout. you alomst stomped your foot. you had to hold your self still. only children stomp their feet.</p><p> i think that these behaviors never really leave our lives. we just modify them. now instead of body language which sends a clear communication. and offers the possibility for real discussion, we engage in "grown-up" behaviors. passive aggressive actions. saying and not doing. nodding our heads while we both ignore what is said and plan to undermine the other person.</p><p> the withhold of relevant emotional and intellectual information is a damaging practice. those who lead find themselves resented and disrepected for such practices. those who follow find they kick against brick unable to advance there cause or intentions</p> i imagine most of us would initially become tired of a workplace that fills up with phrase like: "that makes me feel sad" "how do you feel about this" and so on. <p>yet in a workplace that encourages and does not punish such discussion, i suspect many of us would grow to love and expect this culture. eventually finding that we cannot work in any other such environment. is conflict and its resolution encouraged wher you work? or suppressed? <p> welcome the opportunity to say what you really feel. find some freedom. and please prepare your thoughts and offer solutions. complaining without answers is just whining.</p></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-90381895061203991792013-01-15T10:04:00.001-08:002013-01-15T10:04:31.750-08:00a post about concrete: walls are cool<h2>Check <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681137/a-new-kind-of-concrete-gives-regular-buildings-living-walls">this</a> out. Maybe we can grow vegetables up walls. Give college dorm residents an excuse for mold in the showers. Tell people our house is supposed to look overrun and dirty.
<p>your house is nature. and it is alive. if we forget to water it how long will it take our house to die? all of this fron fastcoexist.com</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-19988639693719720182013-01-15T05:41:00.000-08:002013-01-15T05:41:03.714-08:00social impact bonds<h2> i want to introduce readers to social impact bonds. <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3004780/save-world-now-earn-money-later-harvard-backs-social-impact-bonds">this</a> article is at fastcompany.com<p> this is something i learned about only last year while reading the economist.</p> the concept is gaining gound among investors. as you can imagine this is a high risk investment. but the possible problems solved in such an instrument are limitless. you just need backing. perhaps one among us could create a venture capital firm for social impact investment.<p> and if you already know about these and are offended that i would think you don't know what they are: read a different post.</h2>mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-76388584460956643402013-01-11T19:15:00.004-08:002013-01-11T19:15:54.488-08:00what? i have to wait 10 seconds! i'm gone!<h2>if you want to know what the goldfish are about, just read the last bit of the post.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i saw an article suggest we would tolerate 2 seconds of delay for a video. the idea is if we have to wait 2 seconds we pick another video. that seemed a ridiculous assertion to me. so i waded through the <a href="http://people.cs.umass.edu/~ramesh/Site/PUBLICATIONS_files/FinalConference.pdf">paper</a> a bit. it will take a lot more than then ten minutes i just gave it. so after you click the link don't bother reading the article. none of us are smart enough to get it.<p>here's a quote:</p>
<p>Viewers watching videos on a better
connected computer or device have less patience for startup
delay and so abandon sooner. For instance, a viewer with
fiber broadband connectivity is 38.25% more likely to abandon
sooner during startup than a similar viewer with mobile
connectivity.</p><p>so if were on the old Galaxy, Nexus, iPhone or whatever we'll wait.</p><p>if were on fiberoptic cable internet we have the attention span of a goldfish (really, really short).</h2>mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-28559262095963604082013-01-10T16:41:00.000-08:002013-01-10T16:41:11.878-08:00atomic typos<h2> atomic typos. unintentional letter switching. the switched letters produce a legitimate word. and you don't notice. there are two posts at datagentics. link at the right. <a href="http://datagenetics.com/blog/january32013/index.html">this</a> is a link to the post with the word puzzle quiz. <p> waste some time. and get smarter.</p></h2>mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-36467121813664590652013-01-10T15:23:00.000-08:002013-01-10T15:23:42.907-08:00monopolies in social media<h2> take a look at <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/01/10/monopoly-busting-goes-social-doj-goes-after-bazaarvoice/">this</a> at wsj.com. so this company and the one it bought provided review platforms to commercial entities. as a one person consumer base, i had never heard of either of these firms. i use cnet, consumersearch, amazon client reviews, etc. <p> chime in. tell me why i am so out of touch. are they a software platform only? although this is a fantastic innovation. i had stupidly thought companies managed their own review collections.</p></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-54523313554261102602013-01-10T06:26:00.000-08:002013-01-10T06:26:31.872-08:00online storefronts and the brick & mortar stores<h2> target recently moved to overcome amazons pricing power. all of us have stood in a store, phone in hand. we check the store price, then we visit our preferred online retailers. lower price wins. and usually the lower price is online.<p> consider now that these storefront retailers are vital to online retailers. we go to the store to see if the product meets our needs, provides the services we think it should, and lives up to our expectations.</p> most of us prefer to try or to see before we buy. as long as this is the case we will go to the store. imagine what happens to the online retailer as stores fail. </p> we will order. they will ship. we will do as we would in the store. examine. evaluate. accept or reject. when we accept the online retailers takes revenue and we get what we want. when we reject, our return becomes their liability as the product returns to unsold or unsaleable inventory.</p> without the stores available to showcase the products, online purchase returns will increase. the online retailers will have permanently increased costs. amazon, blue nile, zappos, and the like benefit from the brick and mortar store providing consumers with a look before they buy. we don't usually buy what we can't check out first.</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-57605386592885368842013-01-08T15:09:00.000-08:002013-01-08T15:09:11.640-08:00to all you advertising wonks<h2> look at this<a href="http://designtaxi.com/news/355086/Infographic-How-Advertising-Agencies-Get-Their-Names/"> infographic</a> on ad agency names. find yours. or grow yours large enough to bne put on this chart. or start your own. found at designtaxi.com</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-40043105609387147892013-01-07T19:48:00.000-08:002013-01-07T19:48:46.850-08:00you wish pluto was still a planet<h2> you're still angry at astronomists with nothing better to do. they meet. they destroy your beloved solar system mnemonic. and rip the "p" right off the end. <p>get back at them with <a href="http://www.jewelrydesignsformen.com/9planet96.html">this</a> (while parting with thousands of dollars). because it's about the love of our distant system brother, man.</p></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mentalogicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339387680395946198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012992431240429787.post-16033551254933421392013-01-07T19:41:00.002-08:002013-01-07T19:41:57.328-08:00see the trees are the forest<h2>let's redirect our minds away from the urban centers. look to and then go to nature. because in going there your immunity will improve, your blood pressure will, lower, your creativity will increase, and your brain will get away from it all.<p>so says this <a href="http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/wellness/Take-Two-Hours-of-Pine-Forest-and-Call-Me-in-the-Morning.html">article</a> at outside magazine.<p> here's a look at "tsukin-jigoku". read the article.</p></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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