The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

Check out this email from genetic testing company 23andme for the most upbeat corporate email I've received recently. Scroll through t...

When I was in Toronto about a month ago, a friend of mine who lives there told me how there's some suggestion that the Buffalo Bills NFL...

Baaaaa. Why do you do the things you do? If you're ever in some trendy cocktail lounge or bar, chances are you'll see some...

The surest sign cementing my status as a curmudgeon is my annoyance at the creeping spread of TV screens into places that didn't have th...

As far as I can hotel, there are only two possible prices for services at a hotel: a) 5 times market price, or b) Free. And that's...

If you look across the countries of the world, it is a reliable trend that any country featuring the word ‘Democratic’ in its name is both ...

‘The Best-run businesses run SAP’ Let’s heroically assume that this statement is true. It’s a long way from this statement to the ...

As they said in Wargames, the only winning move is not to play. Over at Priceonomics, they had an excellent piece recently with the arrest...

When magazines I never subscribed to send me letters telling me that my subscription is running out, with the words 'LAST LETTER' on...

Most people have very little idea what makes one business more valuable than another. This state of affairs tends to persist, because mos...

I confess to not really understanding the whole social marketing idea. I mean, I understand how it's meant to work. Apparently we'...

The probability of a letter from a company containing important information is significantly less when the front is marked 'Important In...

Weight loss products are addicted to before-and-after testimonials. They show some fat, unhappy person, then, after only 8 weeks, miracul...

I remember when I used to enjoy Starbucks coffee cups. They had a series called 'The Way I See It', which would feature interesting ...