by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC Now that I’ve taken a stab at , time to look at what’s happening in fashion retail for women. Surprisingly, it ain’t pretty…
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango In 2008, I blogged about , which I had encountered at a Vegas convention. Three years later, that article continues to do its deed, turning up Wednesday when reporter Jeff Horwich of public radio’s Marketplace went searching…
Tags:American Public Media·blogging·Chris Anderson·Jeff Horwich·Long Tail·Marketplace·multimedia·Shane Clester·Skullcandy·Smarter Comics
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC & Managing Editor of The Antidote First, we had to do something with all this talent.
Tags:academic journals·academic publishing·Antioch University·blogging·blogs·education marketing·higher education
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC & Professional Provocateur… I recently got some fan mail about : “I was liking your article, as I have others that I’ve read… However, I soon found the in-your-face political opinion rude and quite unprofessional to say the least. I just wanted to read a good [...]
Tags:blogging·blogs·business·Huffington Post·politics·professionalism·professionals
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC For all our talk of freedom, we Americans LOVE rules… Our favorite sport, football, has the most rules of any sport on the planet. Poker players make up new rules with every hand (“threes and hearts are wild except for the Queen, which you can pass [...]
Tags:blogging·conventions·Internet·rules·social media·Twitter·web design·Wired
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC It’s tough watching an old friend slowly die. Even tougher knowing that you’re helping to knock him off. Before you go calling 911, the old friend I’m referring to is my daily newspaper. For decades, I’ve started every day with my morning paper. I [...]
Tags:bloggers·blogging·Fox News·journalism·L.A. Times·Los Angeles Times·media·Michael Arrington·newspapers·NPR·Paul Carr·TechCrunch
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC Somebody my size with my athletic ability doesn’t play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Picture an over-caffeinated chicken on a greased trampoline. It’s just not in my genetic cards. So I did the next best thing: I wrote a bad-ass essay about the team. Actually [...]
Tags:Behind The Steel Curtain·blogging·Howard Fineman·Inside Schwartz·journalism·Michael Bean·Sports Night·sports writing·Steelers
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC When I was a kid, the object of all crayon lust was the Crayola 64 box with the built-in sharpener, because a dull crayon was almost as bad as soggy Cocoa Pebbles. And yet, that Crayola 64 contained some bizarre colors like Maize, Burnt [...]
Tags:blogging·Crayola·Facebook·Fail Whale·marketing·network effect·podcasts·Second Life·social networking·social networks·TechCrunch·Twitter·virtual worlds·Web 2.0·Yammer
Ever laugh at career retrospectives by people who are still getting started — or who never really got off the ground? I mean, really, how can the band The Goo Goo Dolls be upon their second volume of greatest hits already? I didn’t even know they ever had more than one hit. Well, I’m about [...]
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Delia Rose is mad as hell. In her usually lighthearted and witty blog, Impeach the Muffins, the L.A. teenager is calling for a boycott of Unilever. The reason? The skin-whiteners that the corporate behemoth distributes and promotes in Malaysia and other Eastern countries…
Tags:activism·advertising·beauty·bigotry·blogging·branding·business·corporate responsibility·discrimination·Dove·Fair & Lovely·Fair And Lovely·hypocrisy·marketing·Pascal Dangin·racism·Unilever