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The Irish pub – the official third place of Ireland (and more): Happy St. Patrick’s Day. In Ireland, three quarters of all alcohol is
Wi-Fi helping create a sense of place?: With wireless internet, traditionalists feared that ‘place’ wouldn’t matter anymore. Indeed, it’s
Since when is grocery shopping entertaining?: …since the service economy began evolving into the experience economy, and as
On “The View” – The 5 hottest areas in the nation: ABC’s The View featured the top five up-and-coming areas in the country,
A strong brand identity helps prevent brain damage: The merchants that make up thriving arts & entertainment/nightlife districts should get
Reader experience: A third place street: Youngbin Park at Cornell University provides this response to Monday’s blog on
Reader experience: A third place supermarket: Thanks to Annie Lux at UNC in response to yesterday’s blog on
Call for CoolTown innovations…: A little over a year and a half ago I explained in
Reader experience: What’s cool in Paris?: There are way too many cool places (here and overseas) that shouldn’t
“Open DJ” night drawing crowds…: Ever feel so good about a song or two that you wished
Outsourcing IT jobs to… college towns?: Sometimes being economically disadvantaged is an advantage. The conflict: More and more
More hot trends for 2005: In continuation of yesterday’s blog and Entrepreneur Magazine’s Hot Trends for 2005,