Jim Lipsey

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I identified the use of mascots to be The Next Big Thing in retail marketing pretty early on, and even photographed representative examples while commuting. Other futurists have been talking about the potential effects of VOIP and bio-tech on our culture, but they all missed this one.
How do we [...]

I’m a big fan of Amazon.com, having been a customer since Jeff Bezos sold books out of his closet1. They pioneered a lot in the early days of online commerce, including publishing customer reviews of individual products. The availability of unflinching feedback for every item Amazon sells proved to add more value to their [...]

Here’s how I think the whole thing played out.
Barney goes to K9 boot camp with a bunch of other dogs who are sent off to chase down drug smugglers and battle terrorism while he ends up guarding teddy bears in an obscure London museum. So naturally, one day he snaps.
Barney ripped the head off [...]

Presenting the debut television performance of Zakary and Wynston. If you stayed up late watching HGTV on digital cable last month (and who hasn’t), you may have already seen it. W&Z share the role of ‘Toddler’. As an added bonus, look for a special cameo toward the end. While the Lipsey [...]