(Kevin Hurley, Global Brand Ambassador for Teeling Whiskey, stopped by Peter Dillon’s in NYC last night to help me explain why the history of whiskey is the history of Ireland. Teeling, a new entrant, is meant to be sipped, not gulped, like Jameson. But it’s not quite as expensive as [Keep reading]
How often do I get to combine my favorite topics — consumer behavior, beer, hockey, and ripoffs — in the same story! Hockey fans (of course, hockey fans) in Idaho have sued a minor league team for using differently-shaped but equal volume plastic cups for their small ($4) and large [Keep reading]
Amazon Prime can be a pretty good deal for users. Heck, if all you do is stream a Ken Burns documentary series rather than buy it, you’ll come out ahead, even at the new $99 price point. So the usual consumer reporter “how dare they” response to Amazon’s price hike [Keep reading]
The single best thing that could happen for American families, waistlines, sanity, and even worker productivity would be an update to American overtime pay rules. President Obama is planning to expand the number of workers entitled to overtime pay by several million, perhaps through administrative order. The step is sure [Keep reading]
In the technology arms race between parents and children, kids have a new weapon: Yik Yak. A simple app for mobile devices, Yik Yak sets up temporary, anonymous chats among users who are near each other, based on GPS location. It’s less than four months old, but already, it’s causing [Keep reading]
Privacy is a funny thing. A lot of people are perfectly willing to take it away from other people, but get really angry when you take their privacy away. Like Sen. Diane Feinstein. She unleashed a torrent of criticism today against the CIA, accusing the agency of hacking computers than [Keep reading]
We blame Facebook for everything nowadays. Should we blame Facebook for eating disorders, too? A new study says, probably. Let’s back up. The easiest way to make yourself unhappy is to compare yourself to other people. Like this: Her house is bigger! His girlfriend is prettier! She has an easy [Keep reading]
Edward Snowden’s coming out party at the SXSW conference on Monday was largely a geekfest, with most discussion focused on what technology firms should do to allow consumers snoop-free communications. You can review the discussion in plenty of places if you like, but I suspect if you care about those [Keep reading]
I was going to call this “Tips for Surviving a Layoff”…sounded like a good title right, but maybe that’s only because it’s all I seem to Google these days! I’m tired of being an ostrich. I’m finally taking my head out of the sand to acknowledge that YES, THIS REALLY DID [Keep reading]
Beginning tonight and into tomorrow, thousands of Americans will celebrate the National Day of Unplugging. They’ll attend music festivals where cell phones must be checked at the door. They will go on walks. They will talk to each other! You should try it to. If not for a day, then [Keep reading]
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