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The importance of what’s not said

Monday, March 5th, 2007

It’s a defining moment for someone when s/he reads a news article, stops to think, and realizes that some piece of important information is missing. The author either missed an important detail or otherwise decided to omit it from the piece.
Over time and with greater attention to the media, picking up on this starts [...]

The afternoon squeeze: Weather.com’s new mizap

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

We have to side with the boys over at 37signals on some issues related to Weather.com.
Today they just might have totally redeemed themselves.
Since many of you have commented on how you like the tools that we highlight here on the pulp, here’s another one for you:

Weather.com unveiled a new – surprise surprise – Flash-based interactive [...]

The afternoon squeeze: Tools to track your losses

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Obsessing over minute-to-minute changes on the stock market? If you are, get some help.
If you’re just looking to quickly check out a stock or index, however, there are some new tools to use that enable you to crunch stock data until your eyes start to sizzle. These new tools are pretty [...]

Branding the unknown

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

There’s opportunity in the realm between knowledge and perception.

That’s what Richard Houng’s company exploited when it decided to license the Westinghouse logo from CBS to slap on lower-priced flat-panel TVs.

BusinessWeek ran the article last week, which brought to light the thin margins that manufacturers are making these days on LCD TVs.
In there, however, is a [...]