Robb G. BestOct 18, 20182 minFighting Loneliness with "Likes"Studies show that senior citizens are more connected to the web than ever before. According to the Pew Research Group, smartphone ownersh...
Robb G. BestSep 25, 20143 minA Berry Gone Sour: The Demise of RIM and BlackBerryStartFragmentHey, remember BlackBerry? In this day and age, it's basically the smartphone equivalent of asking about digital watches or p...
Robb G. BestSep 19, 20143 minWould YOU Work for Free?Imagine a job where you have total freedom in how you spend your time—no meetings, no supervisors giving you pointless busywork, and no m...
Robb G. BestSep 12, 20143 minRoyally Spammed: A Fast Food StoryStartFragment Today's blog post comes to you in epistolary form. A few days ago, I received an e-mail from the Burger King corporation en...
Robb G. BestAug 14, 20144 minThe Smoking Monkey MemoThe inventor of the airplane seatbelt was a man ahead of his time. It's an over-used expression but in this case, it applies: engineer an...
Robb G. BestOct 11, 20133 minThe Final Word on Word-of-MouthLet’s start at the location where every single sale begins. I’m talking, of course, about a customer’s brain. Inside each customer’s skul...
Robb G. BestOct 4, 20133 minUmwelt: Beyond the Five Senses, or, the Mr. Potato Head ModelStartFragment All of the information that comes to your brain arrives through your senses. Sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing are con...
Robb G. BestDec 14, 20123 minStarbucks and Stephen HawkingIt's settled: the very best hot chocolate in the world comes from the Starbucks just outside of Xian, China. A bold statement? Yes, but I...
Robb G. BestNov 16, 20123 minCavemen and the InternetThe problem with you––and by you, I mean me––is that our brains are built on a 40,000 year old platform. Let's not forget, evolution is a...
Robb G. BestOct 12, 20122 minThe Burstiness of Shuffle ModeWhen techno wizard Steve Jobs and his crew first brought us the iPod, it came pre-installed with a nifty program called 'shuffle mode.' T...
Robb G. BestSep 27, 20124 minSourdough, Websites, and the Self: The Myth of the Driver's SeatOur story this week begins around 1500 BC. It was roughly 3500 years ago that somehow––let’s be honest, probably through some kind of acc...