It was not my finest year on the blog. The day (and night) job took most of my time, and I tried to allocate what little was left to the new baby.
Still, I managed to say a few things of which I’m proud. Here are the highlights.
- Remember This: Your Brain Is Cool
- 3 Cognitive Tips to Build Your Brand in 2009
- 1840s Connection I Intended to Make
- Invisible Social Forces in Name Popularity
- Gambling, Punting, and Unnecessary Risk
- A Game Theoretic View of Politics
- Brands, Clutter, Web 2.0, & Ambient Awareness
- Affordable College: Just around the Corner
- Tortured Souls of Great Writers, Artists
- Comparing California, Texas Higher Ed
The human mind is the great passion of my life. When it intersects with advertising, interesting things happen. (Sunday, September 21, 2008).
This post has gotten the most hits on the new blog site, and it represents an attempt to make research relevant to industry. I like the new focus (Monday, December 22, 2008).
I don’t know what it was like to live in the mid 1800’s, but Thoreau and Marx paint an interesting picture. Most scholars wouldn’t think of the two men in the same sentence, but they paint a pretty similar picture of the state of labor (Tuesday, January 01, 2008).
Humans are amazing creatures. How do we name our kids? The data suggest that some pretty amazing forces are at work (Sunday, May 11, 2008).
How do you know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em? Do you put on fourth and 1 from your opponent’s 40 yard line? Human emotion offers insight (Sunday, November 23, 2008).
If either side is right, how come we all haven’t come around? I geek out a bit here (Friday, June 27, 2008).
My first great look inside Twitter. It was a day from which there was no turning back (Wednesday, September 24, 2008).
I went from a community college to a top doctoral program. You might just get a better education for half the price (Sunday, April 13, 2008).
Pain too often follows the most talented among us. Sadly. (Sunday, March 23, 2008).
The higher education programs of the two most populous states should be similar, right? Wrong (Monday, June 23, 2008).
And I offer a special “thank you” to author Bob Schaller, Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty, LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens, and new media expert Daisy Whitney for sacrificing their time for the new 5 Questions feature, which I have really enjoyed writing. I look forward to 52 more 5 Questions in 2009!
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I'm a cognitive scientist and communication scholar who manages a psychophysiology lab at Texas Tech. I teach courses about the cognitive processing of media messages and research methods.
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