http://www.cnet.com/8300-13641_1-44.html en-us A blog on product design and innovation from Frog Design. 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:09:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10394926-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter NICs, PUFs, PICs and NUFs--these funny-sounding acronyms hold some truths about the psychological reasons that people react so strongly to the healthcare reform debate. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10394926-44.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:09:00 PST Adam Richardson http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10394916-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter What a season finale it was. 'Shut the Door. Have a Seat' was a "tight balance of emotionally pungent drama and company coup d'etat," the LA Times wrote. And indeed, Mad Men came through in the end. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10394916-44.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:53:00 PST Tim Leberecht http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10389215-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter Three advertising veterans launch Victor & Spoils, which will address "perceived crowdsourcing flaws...through world-class creative direction." We'll soon see how. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10389215-44.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:52:00 PST Tim Leberecht http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10388563-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter Forrester is about to release a new report on "Adaptive Brand Marketing," in which it proposes the new 4 P's of Marketing: permission, proximity, perception, and participation. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10388563-44.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:22:00 PST Tim Leberecht http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10385923-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter The overlap with the title of the blog I write for CNET, Matter/Antimatter, is completely coincidental. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10385923-44.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:52:00 PDT Tim Leberecht http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10384838-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter Microsoft's Zune mp3 player may offer some lessons for Barnes & Noble's new Nook e-reader about how to make headway against a market leader. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10384838-44.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:25:00 PDT Adam Richardson http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10383708-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter Gary Hayes little flash application shows how active the social web is. Hayes built the application based on data he pulled from a range of social media sources, which he compiled at the end of September 2009. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10383708-44.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:34:00 PDT Tim Leberecht http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10381041-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter Upon the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city of Berlin has launched a remarkable "living" online memorial: the Berlin Twitter Wall. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10381041-44.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:49:00 PDT Tim Leberecht http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10378683-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter My mom always told me "Make your passion your profession, and you'll be a happy man." She was right, and I am glad I followed her advice. Yet I appear to be part of a minority. In an article about growing disenchantment at work ("Hating What You Do"), thi http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10378683-44.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:50:00 PDT Tim Leberecht http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10370476-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter National Public Radio's leadership meets with top Silicon Valley thinkers for a one day power brainstorm to imagine NPR's digital future. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10370476-44.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:40:00 PDT Tim Leberecht