everyone must walk the great wall some time

Here are a few things that caught my interest:

Are you a hyperactive or a hyper-passive checker-inner?

The two breeds are emerging and diverging, thanks to the onslaught of location-based services. What’s changing now is that mobile technologies are finally in place to meet both types of consumers.

egg fear? Do you have it?

“The American Egg Board today took out full-page ads in major newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today to try and tamper down rising fears around America’s favorite breakfast food. The ads call attention to the fact that “the potentially affected eggs, which make up less than 1% of all U.S. eggs, have been removed from store shelves” and end with the reminder that “thoroughly cooked means thoroughly safe.” Consumers are driven from the print ads to a website, eggsafety.org”

google fears facebook

“Google products are efficient, slick and — as the coders say — elegant. They get you from point A to point B fast. Really fast. But are they fun? That’s the question for the search engine as it struggles to gain a foothold in the fast-growing and here-to-stay social web. That web isn’t marked by speed and elegance but rather by pit stops and side roads that allow people to pull over, meet new or old friends, play a game and buy souvenirs. In short, have fun.”
 
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