A little over a year ago, my buddy Rob Walker wrote an article about word-of-mouth or "buzz" marketing, in which people recommend commercial products to people - for free. In other words, they act as shills to their friends and loved ones just to feel "part" of something. Unfathomable ( Read more... )

I was never a horror movie fan as a kid, but lately I've become attracted to them, specifically to zombie movies. I'd seen George Romero's Night of the Living Dead some years ago, but recently I took in the sequels Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead. I also saw two British takes on the genre, the hilarious but gruesome Sean of the Dead and 28 ( Read more... )