Monthly Archives: August 2010
Using neuromarketing to design a magazine cover
The staff at New Scientist performed an interesting experiment the other day: using neuromarketing techniques to choose the latest issue’s cover. A brave new world? Or the first step toward groupthink?
Wouldn't it be easier if Ikea just charged us all rent?
For those of you who liked the Ikea stuff in The Warhol Gang (and maybe for those of you who thought it was too weird), here’s a short film shot in various Ikeas. (Via Consumerist.)
You're not going to wear that again today, are you?
Reading at the Brickhouse this Tuesday
I’ll be reading from The Warhol Gang this coming Tuesday at the Brickhouse in Vancouver as part of the Taddle Creek Travelling Series of Happenings. Taddle Creek is the best lil mag to come out of Toronto, so I’m excited to see it travel all the way across the country to Vancouver. Grab yourself a beer after work and give it a big welcome!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
The Brickhouse Bistro & Bar
730 Main Street
Vancouver
9 P.M.
Readings by Michael Christie, Peter Darbyshire, Lee Henderson, and Marguerite Pigeon.
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