discontinuities

i've been busy. not just busy with stuff, but busy in my mind. lots of thinking the past 3 wks. what am i thinking about? well, everything really. i'm thinking of starting another blog aimed more towards an audience for certain interests i have, including anthropology, culture, marketing, branding, new media visuals and content providing, and blahblahblah. i'm not doing it just yet, but in the meantime i've found some quite interesting blogs with information on a similar page. here's some links:

this blog sits at the intersection of anthropology and economics
it's funny, but when i graduated with my anthro masters last year someone asked me what i'd learned for all my efforts. my response was "its all about the money" meaning that most cultural studies trace back to the monetary initiatives of the culture being studied, no matter what culture that happens to be. want to know about a culture? study their concept of money, and where it falls within their value system. its also kinda funny that i'd suggested to my advisor that it might be good if i took a beginner's economic course--and being the Boomer, irrelevant, tenured [completely out of touch] guy that he is, he ignored me. instead he made me take a math theory course that was a total waste. this blog is by some anthropologist who, like me, sees modern culture thru its commerce. a hybrid of anthropology and marketing. wordy [most anthros are], but interesting. his site has interesting links, some of which are below.

AdRants
nice social commentary like blog about ad culture.

decent marketing
the title says it all.

read between the Ps
indian blogger and his country's marketing. good intro to 21st century global economies.

the hidden persuader
unique marketing of interest.

marketing vox
blog concerning the new online marketing. today's linked to an article about how regular TV execs are sweating the new video iPod. if people can buy the shows [sans commercials], where will advertiser's "presence" go? hmmm...