GooBing Detroit uses images from Google Map’s street view to show the decay of one of America’s once-great cities. Here’s a powerful example.
Month: May 2014
Peak fat
From The Economist:
Waistlines are widening everywhere. The percentage of adults who are overweight or obese has swelled from 29% in 1980 to 37% in 2013, according to a new study in the Lancet.
Marketers that figure out the LTV of their customers before their competitors will win.
Ben Legg, CEO of digital marketing firm Adknowledge, provides background and insight into LTV, or lifetime value. It’s the business measurement that tells a brand what its customers are worth over time, and subsequently, what it should spend to attract them. LTV can quickly allow one brand to outpace its competitors.
Looks like Jagger
Paris’ Grevin Wax Museum painter Franck Bruneau prepares the head of Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger’s statue in their workshop before it is shipped to Prague for the opening of the museum on April 11, 2014. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer)
Well, no need to sleep tonight…or ever again. Via In Focus.
Easter Sunday
Vatican City
Happy Easter from Daily Overview! St. Peter’s Basilica, located within Vatican City, is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic sites and one of the greatest churches in all of Christendom.