by Mark O'Brien | Oct 30, 2015
One of the more superficial revelations of my recent trip to New York was that I’d never taken a selfie. This realization was driven home by the fact that I saw people who’d come from all over the world seemingly for the sole purpose of taking pictures of...
by Mark O'Brien | Oct 29, 2015
I admit it: I’m an aggressive driver. Rendered as an exponential value, I’d be a Type A¹³. When I drive, it’s simply and strictly for the purpose of getting from Point A to Point B in the shortest possible time. I have neither understanding of nor...
by Mark O'Brien | Oct 22, 2015
I saw two things the other day that got me thinking about the ways in which we’re stripping sense and meaning from our communications. The first was this post: “You Think You Speak Digital?” It pointed out, unwittingly of course, that we’re...
by Mark O'Brien | Oct 21, 2015
Four days ago, the buzzkills at The Atlantic ran a glass-half-empty article intended to scare the bejesus out of us: “Hangovers: They’re Costing the U.S. Economy”. (The reason for its intent is neither stated nor clear.) It shared the results of a...
by Mark O'Brien | Oct 19, 2015
When it comes to topics for blogs posts, I tend to have a fair degree of fortitude (or at least I imagine I do). But I have to admit this one made me a little squeamish: “Jerky Juggernaut and the Power of Protein”. This part was unsettling enough: Sales...
by Mark O'Brien | Oct 16, 2015
It makes me uncomfortable to realize how many opportunities I miss to blame myself for things. I was reminded of that particular failing, yet again, when I read this article in Fast Company: “The Psychology Behind Why People Steal Their Coworkers’...
