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Brandom has now moved to its own domain name! The new website is under development, so excuse any bald spots it still has. http://brand-om.com/

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Max Weber might be a god amongst sociologists, but is he still applicable to us today? Weber’s theory on Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (henceforth, PWE) is simple, but brilliant, and has changed the science of sociology since its publishing. He claims  that the Calvinist emphasis on the necessity for hard work is proponent of a person's calling and worldly success is a sign

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Two black boxes sit, one on top the other, next to a large area for text exchanges. The layout is simple, unintimidating. When I visited the first time, I was surprised not to be attacked by popup advertisements. There is, in fact, hardly any advertising at all, except a single text ad at the base of the page. Chatroulette’s founder, Andrey Ternovskiy, says that he did this on purpose. He has

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I apologize for the lack of posts the last couple days. I have a few articles that will be published soon… to hold you off here is an interesting slideshow made by Slate about breakfast cereal slogans over the past century. Also, Penn Olson collected this interesting assortment of minimalist advertisements that are fun to look at.

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A recently published study by Harvard Economics Professor Jeffery Miron claims that the legalization of marijuana, and subsequent taxing of it, could lead to $77 Billion in revenue for the government alone. Miron breaks it down by saying $44 billion will be saved by not spending the money on police for arrests, judges and prosecutors for all the trials and prisons and prison guards for the

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According to CardRatings.com, the average American has 4 credit cards, with instant access to about $19,000 of credit. From 1996 to 2005, the number of bank credit cards increased 46%. A provision of the CARD Act of 2009, stating that anyone under the age of 21 must have a  co-signer to open a credit account, just came into effect on February 22. This will be a huge change for college freshman,

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With every major technological innovation comes the death of what it replaces. The telephone killed the telegraph, the email killed the letter, and video killed the radio star. So why does the nearly 7000 year old practice of writing things by hand remain? Will the latest in tech innovation finally cause its imminent demise? The decline of handwriting has long been predicted, but the pencil’s

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In his annual letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett let his signature sense of humor shine through. Here is are a few of the highlights, borrowed from an article from the WSJ blog by Matt Phillips.   On Country Music: Sing a country song in reverse, and you will quickly recover your car, house and wife. On the fact that Berkshire issued stock as part of its BNSF acquisition: Charlie

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As you might be able to tell, I am a big fan of infographics. Here is a really good one by BlackBook.com. Thought this might be a fun way to start off Saturday morning…

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On Thursday, already unstable Blockbuster stock took a 20% tumble when it reported a fourth quarter net loss of $435 million and a 16% decline in one of its key sales measurements. Over the crucial holiday season, the company reportedly increased its advertising budget and added big titles to its library, apparently to no avail. Blockbuster, it seems, is in dire straits, and most analysts agree.

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Google is a pretty interesting company. Just to gleam a few of the more interesting facts off of this graphic, Google.com gets more traffic everyday then the population of the entire world combined. Google owned Blogger (where you are right now) has 270,000 words written per minute. Pretty impressive if you ask me. For a Gen X’er, Google may well be the most important company of the decade, if

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After a long string of negotiations with Sichuan Tengzhong, GM is finally throwing in the towel on its Hummer brand. Probably. "GM will now work closely with Hummer employees, dealers and suppliers to wind down the business in an orderly and responsible manner," said John Smith, GM vice president of corporate planning and alliances. The end of this particular GM brand is more significant, I

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I thought this was a really great article… Enjoy.

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I would not consider myself a fashonista. At best, I am a sort of “clothes horse,” and like to present the illusion to those around me that I actually know what I’m doing when I get dressed in the morning. Because of my disconnect from the fashion industry, news of Alexander McQueen’s suicide last week hardly moved me. Popular media also seemed to be aloof of what the fashion world viewed as

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From the perspective of a young man who is marginally obsessed with cars, the name Toyota has always conjured images of utilitarian vehicles whose primary demographic was people looking for a machine that will last a long time for a little amount of money. Toyota’s brand never achieved the exciting racing connotations associated with its competitors Honda and Nissan. This, I suspect, is probably

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In the 1987 classic Wall Street, Gordon Gekko said, “That's the one thing you have to remember about WASPs: they love animals and hate people.” That's completely irrelevant to this article, however. Gekko did have another bit of wisdom that is helpful to think about, “The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” Primarily, surveys supply a source of information directly from current

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The name BRANDom, if you haven’t already figured it out, is a portmanteau (a word formed by combining two already existing words.) I will be gathering information from many different sources, and have no intention of keeping the blog specifically focused on one niche of the business world. BRANDom will be dedicated to distilling and posting random, interesting, and informative opinions on

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