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Pomegranate NS08 | PomegranatePhone.com

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:29:34 -0700

Check out the latest in all-in-one mobile phones! But what is this Go-faux website really selling?

http://www.pomegranatephone.com/

“Levi’s Courts the Young With a Hopeful Call” | The New York Times

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:21:41 -0700

The latest ad campaign from Levi Strauss, headed up by Doug Sweeny, vice president for Levi’s brand marketing, tries to “connect this 150-year-old brand with what is happening in the youth culture today”. Advertising columnist Stuart Elliott says the goal is to “invoke the heritage of the brand”.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/business/media/30adco.html

“real people in real time” | www.cardus.ca

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:19:29 -0700

Gerrit Verstraete – artist, minister, “poet, author, husband, father, grandfather [and] ‘pancake man’” — writes of “real people in real time” and his 14 volumes of “coffee shop people sketchbooks,” offers insights on art and faith, and in the process help renders himself authentic to unknown readers in virtual space.

http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1023/

“Searching For Scarcity” | Forbes

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:25:26 -0700

In a time of abundance, what are consumers looking for? As an unnamed person from VisitScotland puts it, “People are rich in information, but they don’t feel rich in a real experience — that is the new value for us to sell.”

http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/23/u2-scarcity-disruptions-intelligent-technology-hardy.html?partner=email

“Newscaster, Once Mocked, Now Casts Mock News” | The New York Times

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:35:54 -0700

At first former CNN newscaster Bobbie Battista resisted performing that function for the satirical Onion News Network, but then, according to journalist Tim Arango, she “considered her (low) opinion of the state of cable news today and saw that the space between real and fake news was shrinking.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/arts/television/22battista.html

“Kayaking Goes Over the Edge” | The Wall Street Journal

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:23:24 -0700

Technological advances in equipment, and the availability of artificial wave “holes” in which to practice, allow “kayakers” to pursue original authenticity by departing in form from anything the sport has seen before. He who makes the “first descent” can naturally claim the most real run.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204005504574229934210330454.html

“At Starbucks, It’s Back to the Grind” | The Wall Street Journal

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:21:13 -0700

The sights, sounds and smells of Starbucks return to honor its heritage and be true to its self.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124517480498919731.html

“Silencing The Voice That Says You’re a Fraud” | The Wall Street Journal

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:55:28 -0700

In a piece that immediately reminded us of Willliam Ian Miller’s wonderful book Faking It, journalist Melinda Beck investigates how our “Inner Critic” accuses us of being a poseur.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124511712673817527.html

“On Time? That’s Debatable” | The New York Times

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:25:58 -0700

What’s the real on-time performance of U.S. airlines? It’s hard to really know.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/business/16flights.html