Simply fascinating... when I decided to work as a planner,
I really hoped to end questioning the world that way.... and I still do.
Here you'll find another video presentation "Nine trends shaping the future of social interactions"
Here the presentation on slideshare
This is his blog
« I put the question first to Thelonious Monk…
if you were given three wishes; to be instantly granted, what would they be?
He was pacing back and forth, and he paused for a moment to gaze out across the river at the New York skyline… Then he gave me an answer… and I said : « But Thelonious… you HAVE those already ! ». He just smiled… and began pacing again… ».
eMarketer projects US social network ad spending will fall in 2009. Problems at MySpace are the main reason for the revision. As a result of the expected shortfall at MySpace, eMarketer now forecasts that total US social network ad spending will fall 3% to $1.14 billion in 2009, from $1.18 billion in 2008. 
"Total social network ad spend in the US will fall from $1.2bn to $1.1bn (£795m) in 2009, mainly due to brands spending 15% less on News Corporation's MySpace, according to eMarketer's revised estimates."
here the article BrandRepublic
"IF YOU have ever sat alone in a bar, depressed by how good-looking everybody else seems to be, take comfort—it may be evolution playing a trick on you.
A study just published in Evolution and Human Behavior by Sarah Hill, a psychologist at the University of Texas, Austin, shows that people of both sexes reckon the sexual competition they face is stronger than it really is. She thinks that is useful: it makes people try harder to attract or keep a mate"
Here the entire article (it's not recent but worthwhile reading... for our ego at least!)
