I've been referring HowStuffWorks quite frequently lately. As I am in the semiconductor foundry industry, understanding how microprocessors and graphics cards work is really helpful when trying to write marketing materials in layman's terms.
I noticed their ad in the Wall Street Journal last Thursday, but the Economist put it quite succinctly in their Business This Week email newsletter:
BRANDS THAT DELIVER?
PricewaterhouseCoopers is to rename its consulting arm "MONDAY:", when it is spun off later this year. Eschewing the popular but meaningless cod-classical, PwC hopes that "Monday:" will inspire "fresh thinking", early rising and the wearing of "crispy white shirts". The many millions trudging to work heavy of heart on the first day of the week may not agree.
The true blog in this site, here are some sites I frequent.
Melissa likes to keep informed via CNN. However, I've always visited the New York Times. Sections I turn to first are Dining, Travel, Health, and Advertising. Forbes keeps me abreast of business' concerns. The Economist has two weekly newsletters on political and business events which keeps me from being an ignoramus even when I am caught up in the minutiae of life. Although in print I never miss the
New Yorker's The Talk of the Town, online I prefer the
Atlantic.
Guilty pleasures. I am a big fan of the WB's dramedy series, Gilmore Girls, now in its second season. My dad is taping the shows
for me while I am in Taiwan. In between videotaped installments of the show, I keep up by reading the scripts and looking at screen captures from GilmoreGirls.net, the best fan site. I am so glad that there are dedicated fans who have this kind of time on their hands who enable me to get my weekly Gilmore Girls fix. The characters are complex, the dialogue fast-paced, funny, and filled with references to literature and pop culture, and the interaction between mothers and daughters at times poignant and reminiscent of my own relationship with my mother.
Fup, the store cat at Powells, is a character I still don't understand, but I always enjoy reading about him in their bi-weekly newsletter. Visiting the bookstore is dangerous, since I often end up making a purchase...
