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January 1, 2015
10 Ways To Be A Better Employee In 2015
Resolve to be better at your job this year with these small changes to your daily work-life.
Most of us start the New Year hoping to be better versions of ourselves.
December 31, 2014
An Inside Look At Chandon's Strategy For Conquering The Millennial Bubbles Market
When champagne started popping up in rap videos, sparkling wine purveyor Chandon saw an opportunity to get in with millennials.
In the late '90s, champagne suddenly started showing up in rap videos: Biggie Smalls was seen popping open bottles on a yacht surrounded by scantily clad babes, Snoop Dogg rapped about drinking Moët while pimping at a stoplight, Jay-Z explained the proper pronunciation of Cristal before hitting up a club. The old champagne houses were perplexed. Overnight, the distinguished French beverage once reserved for respectable family gatherings had been transformed into a symbol of street cred, sex, and new money. "What can we do?" asked the managing director of Louis Roederer, the company that makes Cristal, when The Economist asked him in 2006 what he thought of his champagne being consumed by rappers. "We can't forbid people from buying it." (These comments offended Jay-Z so much that he publicly boycotted Cristal and last month purchased a competing champagne company, Armand de Brignac.)
"The Interview" Is A VOD Perception-Changer, Not A VOD Game-Changer
The Interview pulled in an impressive $15 million in VOD revenue in its first four days of release. But it's more anomaly than model.
Over the last few days, a silver lining has emerged from the bizarre and sordid Sony hack saga: The Interview, the scourged Seth Rogen comedy that indirectly undid one of Hollywood's most prominent studios via hordes of leaked emails, made $15 million in video-on-demand (VOD) revenue within the first four days of its Christmas-day release.
The Best Design Books Of 2014
From tomes of taxidermy design and rock album covers to Paul Rand's Thoughts on Design back in print, 2014 produced some gems.
In the world of art, architecture, and design books, 2014 produced an embarrassment of riches. There were a few much-lauded reissues of old-school but still vitally relevant design texts: Paul Rand's Thoughts on Design, finally back in print, with an introduction by Pentagram partner Michael Bierut; as well as seminal Bauhaus works by Walter Gropius, Paul Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky, made available for free online. Then there were the sleek monographs, compiling the work of design greats like Abbott Miller, David Rockwell, and Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. And it was a good year for house porn: books of tiny dwellings and remote hideaways stoked our wanderlust.
The 10 Most Popular Leadership Stories Of 2014
A look back at 2014, through the stories you loved and shared the most.
In 2014, we tried to keep our work and lives in balance, find stillness in the chaos, and keep our personal brands shiny and optimally effective. We worked the social media scene, rearranged our office spaces, and discussed the merits of caffeine and mentorship—and combinations of the two.
December 30, 2014
On Not Going To CES, After 23 Years Of Attending Vegas Tech Shows
A surprisingly pro-CES explanation for one grizzled veteran's decision to skip the whole huge, exhausting, and frustrating affair.
In October 1991, I attended the COMDEX show in Las Vegas. It was my first time at a mammoth tech conference in Vegas. It was also my first trip to Vegas, period, which made for twice the sensory overload.
FBI Explores Hired Gun Theory While Continuing To Blame North Korea For Sony Hack
Conclusive evidence remains in short supply.
Since pronouncing North Korea responsible for hacking Sony, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has continued to meet with private security firms conducting parallel investigations, while declining to comment on the crescendo of skepticism over the totalitarian state's culpability.
The Two Startups That Joined The $40 Billion Club In 2014
As global startup valuations reach record highs, Chinese phone maker Xiaomi unseats Uber as king, with a $46 billion valuation.
It's been a ludicrous year for tech startup money.
To Nail Your New Year's Resolutions, Quantify Your Self
How can you improve your self if you can't quantify your self? Some data pointers for your New Year.
It's that dreaded time of year again when we make New Year's resolutions and try our best to keep them. Thankfully, whether it's hitting the gym, eating healthier or, err, flossing more regularly, quantified-self apps and devices can help us. Here are five steps to keep in mind for a happy—and well-measured—2015.
Why We're (Still) So Dependent On Email Even Though We Hate It
A new survey from Pew Research shows we are more dependent on email and Internet to do our jobs than ever.
Depending on the day (or the hour) email is either a blessing or a curse.
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