Click to download PDFs of these stories I did for CMO magazine

• Learning to count in Chinese: A look at how hard it is for business to cash in on the “China Dream”
• Creating an “anti-brand”: BMW came up with the Mini to appeal to people who would never buy a BMW
• Out & About: Companies are quietly embracing gay and lesbian consumers

Here are links to some of my work for Brandweek:

• Don Imus & Uncle Ben: “Two icons emblematic of a very strange moment in how Americans and the people who market to them think about race. Call it cultural schizophrenia—we denounce racism but still find it commercially appealing.”
• Second Life Loses Luster For Marketers: “Marketers continue to rush to the virtual world of Second Life despite increasing evidence they don’t really know what to do when they get there.”

Here are three stories I did about marketing to children:

• From Sierra Magazine — Branding Baby’s Brain: If you want to mold a hyperconsumer you’ve got to start early
• From Brandweek — ‘Adult’ Brands Get Parents Where The Kids Are
• From Boston Magazine — An Expose of “The Baby-Industrial Complex”

And some invective about Google for Computerworld:

• China Censorship: Google & Other Scoundrels

A long loving look at my corrupt home town:

• There’s Something About Providence

Other stuff:

• Is your kid depressed or just a kid?