The location-based social networking trend may turn into a craze if this keeps up. Starbucks recently ran the first-ever nationwide “mayor special” through a foursquare loyalty program. Foursquare, if you don’t know, is a location-based startup that gives you the opportunity to “check in” at venues using your mobile device and keeps track of where you’ve visited.
To fully appreciate this example of the Brandalizm Wave, it’s important to understand the hard-core gamer—the target of this new soap that smells like Mountain Dew and looks like an NES controller.
When you’re building a skyscraper and working the top floors, getting to a sandwich shop is way out of your way. But what if the sandwich shop came to you? That’s exactly what’s happening on the building site at ground zero in New York City.
With all the choices that exist, buying gifts for the holidays can, at times, seem overwhelming. Last holiday season, EA Sports simplified the whole process by setting up two of its own stores to sell only one item.
Have a vacation home you’d like to rent? Looking to rent one from someone you can trust? Facebook is making it easy with its new application from SecondPorch.com.
In hard times, seeking a cheaper place to stay and the practicality of taking in extra roomies both make sense. It’s called “recession roommate”, and while most people who agree to it hope it lasts only a short time, right now nobody knows how long that will be.
What happens to a family after a divorce is a direct result of the attitude the parents take. If they put family first, they can reach an emotional place that feels like home, even though the marital bonds are broken. That’s the goal of a couple who started a website called Co-Parenting 101.
One of the amazing new Waves we’ve discovered is the iBUILTit Wave-a testament to how creative people can be, and will be, once they decide to take matters into their own hands. A case in point is the Coca Cola Facebook page.
Depression is up. Connection with nature is down. This modern schism is being reconnected by something called eco-therapy. People spend so much time in their heads doing email, texting, iPodding and iPhoning, it’s no wonder they feel cut off from the earthy, foundational feelings that come from interacting with nature and all the benefits that entails.
When you’re livin’ the DVR Lifestyle, you take charge of time. Your actual age has nothing to do with it. A perfect example is the 100% polyester Max-for-Adults rompers that go for $610.