Catégorie : Other interests

  • Why I Pay Double at This Barbershop — Isaac French

    There’s grace here. You feel it the moment you walk in.I pay twice what I’d pay elsewhere and consider it a bargain. The haircut itself is excellent, but the experience is irreplaceable. I count down the days to my appointment. In a world of rushed transactions, Monument gives you something rare: time that feels well…

  • Croft Analytics Short Essays on Marketing Matters | Frank Harrison

    Here is a pdf containing short essays on marketing matters, the most popular from many that I have written over the last five years. The 23 essays are: On the value of branding and mass marketing On using Google search to predict the future On gross rating points On why brands need distinctive assets  On…

  • The Man Who Spent Forty-two Years at the Beverly Hills Hotel Pool

    The Man Who Spent Forty-two Years at the Beverly Hills Hotel Pool

    Letter from Beverly Hills The Man Who Spent Forty-two Years at the Beverly Hills Hotel Pool Save this storySave this story Save this storySave this story Illustration by Jean-Philippe Delhomme Until just a few weeks ago, no American seemed on better terms with fortune than Irving V. Link, who had spent most of the past…

  • Extending Minds with Generative AI

    As human-AI collaborations become the norm, we should remind ourselves that it is our basic nature to build hybrid thinking systems – ones that fluidly incorporate non-biological resources. Recognizing this invites us to change the way we think about both the threats and promises of the coming age. Sometimes, it seems like the world is…

  • Smartify | Vending Machine

    With meticulous craftsmanship and a keen eye for the everyday, young and talented artist Casper Braat (1991) transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. Using Carrara marble and classical sculpting techniques, he elevates familiar objects from Amsterdam’s daily life into timeless objects.His mini-monumental sculptures offer a playful yet thought-provoking homage to the city: a Genever glass,…

  • How Data Travels in F1

    How Data Travels in F1

    Thank you for being here. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Idée Fixe, the newsletter for curious minds. I’m Toni Cowan-Brown, a tech and F1 commentator. I’ve spent the past five years on the floor of way too many F1, FE, and WEC team garages, learning about the business, politics, and tech…

  • THE RISE OF EVENTISED SPORTS. I think ‘eventise’ is a word we’ll hear a… | Jo Redfern | 62 comments

    THE RISE OF EVENTISED SPORTS. I think ‘eventise’ is a word we’ll hear a lot of in the next 12 months as the sports media battleground heats up. If the NFL and Netflix have hinted at anything it’s that they identify value in eventising sports inventory and I think it offers a fascinating opportunity for…

  • Hard Rock International Acquires Majority Stake of Globe Entertainment and Media Corp’s Historic Pop Culture Archive of Rare Images and Iconic Collectibles

    Hard Rock International Acquires Majority Stake of Globe Entertainment and Media Corp’s Historic Pop Culture Archive of Rare Images and Iconic Collectibles

    HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Hard Rock International announces its majority acquisition of Globe Entertainment and Media Corp (GEM)—one of the world’s largest private archives of music, celebrity and film photography assets from the past century with over 15 million images and rare, iconic collectibles. The acquired archive features rare, unpublished, some unseen for decades and completely…

  • New on the menu: Tuna Wellington and rabbit arancini

    New on the menu: Tuna Wellington and rabbit arancini

    Senior Food & Beverage Editor Bret Thorn is senior food & beverage editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, with responsibility for spotting and reporting on food and beverage trends across the country for both publications as well as guiding overall F&B coverage.  He is the host of…

  • RMS Partners with Breezeway

    RMS Partners with Breezeway

    Dense Air, a pioneer in shared wireless infrastructure, announces its rebrand to IONX Networks, a move that reflects the company’s shift toward a more customer-focused mission: solving the persistent problems of poor mobile coverage, dropped calls, and dead zones across complex environments. The name IONX Networks better represents who we are and what we do.…