Monthly Archives: January 2010

Food Trends & Feasibility

By Simone | Published: January 8, 2010

Recently Slashfood’s Job Devore published a post on 10 food trends “that we 110 percent guarantee will be served at any point between this new year and 500 years from now.”  Some of the trends made me chuckle, others made me stop and think.  Why not test these out for feasibility? Here I go: 10. [...]

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Coworking and Coffeehouses

By Simone | Published: January 6, 2010

Modern technology enables us to study, play, and work in more flexible environments.  In the professional world, people utilize this tech to telecommute.  While telecommuting can obliterate burdensome office overhead, such setups can reduce face time, which, despite everything technology offers, is still irreplaceable. Enter the coffeehouse concept.  According to The World in Six Glasses [...]

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TED Talks: Are We In Control of Our Decisions?

By Simone | Published: January 5, 2010

Who controls your decisions? YOU do, right?  Behavioral economist Dan Ariely suggests otherwise- that your choices might instead be determined by those who design your options.  Quite interesting: I recently read several books and articles discussing unintended influences on decision making processes- it’s amazing how the context, spread, and presentation of alternatives can significantly influence [...]

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FarmVille + Co-ops + Awesome = Le Verdure Del Mio Orto

By Simone | Published: January 4, 2010

These days, my Facebook feeds are cluttered with FarmVille notifications from my friends.  To me, it seems useless to devote so much time to a virtual farm when you get nothing back.  But what if you did get something back?  What if you could actually eat the food you grew? Well, if you live in [...]

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3-D Nail Art

By Simone | Published: January 3, 2010

JapanProbe recently posted a video on 3-D nail art in Japan: I love the hair bow the nail artist at the beginning of the segment wears, and I am also interested to see that some men are also getting their nails done in this style (be it wildly toned down). 3-D nail art, in my [...]

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