You dance with who brung ya

You dance with who brung ya

The unholy alliance between Big Pharma and the medical profession

There is an increasing body of knowledge on the ways that seemingly rational decisions can be influenced by such things as receiving inexpensive gifts.

It's not too late for an awkward and/or...

It's not too late for an awkward and/or inappropriate Mother's Day gift.

Why Not Treat The Special Mom In Your Life To Free Wings At Hooters This Sunday? - The Consumerist

Maybe you're a little bit strapped for cash this Mother's Day, or maybe your mom just really loves wings more than flowers -- and for those of you who like to say,

Trick 0: how about not tricking customers...

Trick 0: how about not tricking customers about their safety?

12 Tricks To Make Your Customers Feel Safe - The Usabilla Blog

The customer is king. And we want the king to feel comfortable, right? Especially on the Web, where people can leave our site with only a mouse click, it i

Nicole Apostola (Google+) might find this...

Nicole Apostola (Google+) might find this as a relief from the broken, inconsistent, and just plain wrong signs around our fair city.

Japanese addresses: No street names. Block numbers. | Derek Sivers

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Still time to register for LinkedIn - The...

Still time to register for LinkedIn - The Next Step at www.holdenareachamber.org

Social Review Sites Fall Short of Promise

Restaurant review sites promised to be the cutting edge of local-social marketing. In spite of early excitement and results, Yelp, Foursquare, and Urbanspoon have stalled. This has implications beyond these sites and markets. Marketers are learning that social-local-mobile marketing isn't for everyone.

Read the rest on my blog on The CMO Site: Social Review Sites Fall Short of Promise

Newt might be good for us, as long as we...

Newt might be good for us, as long as we don't get sick or he doesn't find some other country attractive.

Thought process of an outstanding psychiatrist & life coach, Dr. K. Ablow, in assessing the patient, Gingrich

One of the world's outstanding psychiatrists—who is also a professional life coach—candidly reveals his thought process, in an essay for Fox News. Dr. Keith Ablow [pictured here, legs akimbo] applies ...

Not creepy at all. Nope.

Not creepy at all. Nope.

Locate The Nearest Girl Scout Cookies With Your Smartphone - The Consumerist

As you sit at your desk, are you wondering if it is possible for you to somehow acquire Girl Scout cookies right now? Maybe you can. The Girl Scouts' cookie-sales locator website or their Android or i...

Best 404 of the day

Best 404 of the day

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/19/tp-headline-goes-here-for-this-story-more/

I wonder what they use for gift shop purchases...

I wonder what they use for gift shop purchases.

bookofjoe: Museum of Bags

Liverwurst Rattle | Home | A stapler to conjure with ». January 22, 2012. Museum of Bags. Screen Shot 2012-01-20 at 8.00.56 PM · It is what it says. "The first of its kind, the Museum of Bags is ...

Some headlines don't need improvement.

Some headlines don't need improvement.

"My Favorite Museum Exhibit": The Bishop's Rectum - Boing Boing

A rectum showing the effects of both haemorrhoids and bowel cancer. The patient in this case was Thomas Thurlow (1737-1791), the Bishop of Durham. Thurlow had suffered from some time from a bowel comp...

+David Weinberger has not only written a...

+David Weinberger has not only written a book, but he's also read some.

Hi, Everybody! Call Lionel Hutz for me,...

Hi, Everybody! Call Lionel Hutz for me, will ya?

Is There a Conflict? Md. Hospitals Offer Injured Patients a List of Reduced-Fee Med-Mal Lawyers - News - ABA Journal

The corporate parents of about two dozen hospitals in Maryland compile lists of medical malpractice lawyers willing to sue them and hand them out to injured patients. The doctors on the lists are will...

We're #7 kinda. Worcester is lumped into...

We're #7 kinda. Worcester is lumped into the Boston SMSA for this review.)
Pull quote: "72 percent of the population in Boston is under the age of 44.I don’t hate it – the less creepy old men, the better."
Fewer, please,not less.

Boston is an Eternal Fountain of Youth, Ranks 7th Best City to Stay Young

If you’re not too keen on getting wrinkles, Boston is a good place to be. According to new data from RealAge.com, Boston ranks number 7 among the top 25 best

We haven't seen a correlation between this...

We haven't seen a correlation between this news and the recent announcement of layoffs at UMMH, but, well, a half-million bucks is a serious bit of change.

UMass Memorial Hospital Fined $520K For Using Short-Skirted Models in Bone Marrow Ads

Whoever is behind UMass Memorial Health Care’s marketing clearly believes in the adage “sex sells.” The one problem? Those thoughts are now costing the

The news from UMass Medical shows, among...

The news from UMass Medical shows, among other things, that the ways we pay for our medical research and our direct healthcare are generally in conflict, diminishing the best of both.

Not Running a Hospital: Layoffs in Central Massachusetts

Anonymous said... I think your point about distinguishing between strategy and tactics is a critical one. The two ventures cited, laboratory outreach and home health/hospice, are both examples of what...

I came here for an argument. Now, give me...

I came here for an argument. Now, give me money.

Are Successful People Nice?

Since Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, we've recognized the importance of tuning into social and emotional factors in the workplace. But many popular depictions of the workplace don't show any...

+Nicole Apostola - in a shocking development...

+Nicole Apostola - in a shocking development, the signs in the nation's capital are in capitalization disarray.

Some D.C. street signs are kind of a mess

There’s been some hiccups in implementing the city’s street sign design standard.

How to tell if it's HTML5.

How to tell if it's HTML5.

As +Nicole Apostola has shown us, Boston...

As +Nicole Apostola has shown us, Boston wants to be Worcester when it grows up.

Citizen complaint of the day: Can't anybody here make a street sign right?

This post is a perfect example of what's wrong with the new street signs being installed across the city with the new font. "BOSTON ST" is correctly printed using all capital letters. &q...

How Google Makes the Web Worldwide - Datamation

How Google Makes the Web Worldwide - Datamation

Google Translate is changing the nature of personal and business interactions on an international basis.

Teh stupid, it burns

Teh stupid, it burns

Kellogg's Created A Twitter-Inspired Cereal Called 'Totes Amazeballs'

It will be the 'Jazz odyssey of breakfasts.'

Innovation and the Bell Labs Miracle

Innovation and the Bell Labs Miracle

A study of Bell Labs offers a number of lessons about how our country’s technology companies — and our country’s longstanding innovative edge — actually came about.

Wait, what? "The US-based search engine...

Wait, what?
"The US-based search engine Google Inc today told a Delhi court that it has already removed alleged objectionable content from its web posts as it was aware of its responsibility as a service provider."

Google to court: We have removed objectionable content - The Times of India

The US-based search engine Google Inc today told a Delhi court that it has already removed alleged objectionable content from its web posts as it was aware of its responsibility as a service provider....

So, Massachusetts politicians are getting...

So, Massachusetts politicians are getting torqued about military budget cuts that will lead to job loss. What do they think happens when budgets are reduced?
Oh, by the way, we're going to lose the band at Hanscom.

Leaders vow to fight plan to cut jobs at Hanscom, other Mass. bases - Sentinel & Enterprise

BOSTON -- Lt. Gov. Tim Murray said state officials will fight to save every military job in Massachusetts that would be lost under a downsizing plan announced by the Defense Department on Tuesday.

New Worcester Sam's Club In a word, underwhelmed...

New Worcester Sam's Club
In a word, underwhelmed. It's bigger and brighter with a pharmacy, optical center, and snack bar. The products seem to be about the same, meaning that you'll get good value. The produce is generally quite good. If you've shopped at Sam's before, you won't be surprised. If you haven't, but have shopped at B.J.'s or Costco, you probably won't change.
I had a hard time seeing the sign for the gas station. The in-store ad showed that they're about 5¢ cheaper that other stations in the area.
The cashier was earnest in her questions about the new store. Did I find everything? Did I like the store? Did I have to travel much further? For us, it's about twice as far and through the city.
The one surprise is that you can buy five gallons of Coke syrup, a bag-in--a-box. I can't imagine that I'd ever need to do such, but you never know.