Something for your weekend #6: bug business (podcast)

If you have 30 minutes free this weekend, listen to the 'Bug Business' episode of the Start-Up podcast (season 5, episode 6). If has some valuable marketing lessons about introducing a new product / idea. In this case, the new idea is is trying to convince people to eat insects, but the lessons are valuable … Continue reading Something for your weekend #6: bug business (podcast)

Something for your weekend: Why Seth Godin blogs

Seth Godin was interviewed by Debbie Millman, for the Design Matters podcast. It is a wide ranging and really interesting interview, which you can listen to, here.   At one point (around 30 minutes in), Debbie notes that Seth has been sharing material online, for free, for quite a long time, and asks why he … Continue reading Something for your weekend: Why Seth Godin blogs

Something for your weekend: ONS blog

What? National Statistical, the blog from the UK's Office of National Statistics.    Where? You can read it here.   So what? This blog has really interesting articles focusing on particular datasets, such as this one about happiness levels in the UK, which covers implications for policy, as well as an interesting correlation between the gap … Continue reading Something for your weekend: ONS blog

Something for your weekend: The Machine Stops

I have a present for you.   It is my favourite kind of present: a book.   What? It is a short novel by E. M. Foster, first published in 1909. It is called ‘The Machine Stops’.    Where? You can read it here, or buy it here (no affiliate links).   So what? This … Continue reading Something for your weekend: The Machine Stops