Mondays might not be your favorite day of the week, but the good news is that we’re all in this together ladies and gentlemen. As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track.
Welcome to The Monday List.
Each Monday, we’ll link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you. Be sure to check in each Monday morning for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack.
What We’re Reading This Week:
Kmart Woos Millennials With Concierge Service, Scottie Pippen, and … Paint?
The big box retailer wants to get in on the $600 billion buying power of millennials.
Cult of Chase Sapphire: Credit-Card Churners Have a New Love
Within days, Chase ran out of its fancy new card, a favorite of deal-seeking obsessives.
What it feels like to be the last generation to remember life before the internet
“Technology is neither good nor evil. The most we can say about it is this: It has come.”
How Ransomware Became a Billion-Dollar Nightmare for Businesses
One cybersecurity firm estimates that extortive attacks now cost small and medium companies at least $75 billion in expenses and lost productivity each year.
On the Emerging Trend of Adapting Podcasts into TV Shows and Movies
Popular podcasts like Serial and StartUp are going Hollywood. What does this mean for the evolving podcast industry?
How I used A / B testing to hack my kids
Welcome to parenting, A/B testing style.