This is strange, but I’ll just assume pride: I checked the search referrals for AttentionMax and discovered that the query “maggot marketing” drove several visits today. Perhaps there was some event that spawned interest in maggot marketing?… Read the rest
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Sleep Deprivation May Cause Lapses in Moral Judgment
The New Scientist reports on a study from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, which suggest that a lack of sleep can affect people’s moral judgment.
… Read the restThe findings, along with previous brain-imaging studies, suggest that sleep deprivation has a particularly debilitating effect on decision-making processes that depend heavily on emotion.
Rest In Peace, Mr. TV-Remote Inventor
Back to the well of my own content, I fleshed out an earlier blog post/tribute to Robert Adler, co-inventor of the television remote, to become this week’s MediaPost column (and comments here). The full text is below. When will Adler be honored in the Budweiser Real Men of Genius series?… Read the rest
An Apology from JetBlue’s David Neeleman
I was one of those unfortunate people who had to travel on Valentine’s Day last week, smack in the middle of the big Northeast Storm. After getting assigned to two Delta flights out of La Guardia airport, which eventually cancelled, I booked myself on a JetBlue flight out of JFK, which also cancelled.
… Read the rest No, Mr. Editor, You May Not Monetize My Content Without Compensating Me!
Boy, some newspaper and magazine editors have some nerve.! This past weekend I received the fourth request this year by a magazine or newspaper editor asking to rerun blog posts or columns I’ve written – for free. The offers all go like this: “I really enjoyed your piece on such and such.… Read the rest