The reason native advertising works is because readers don’t understand that it is advertising

I liked it. You will too

Screw blogging! It’s about time I made a play for some of those sweet, sweet BuzzFeed/HuffPo pageviews

I had never gotten around to pulling out the best posts from this blog for 2012 and adding them officially to the “Best of Just Well Mixed” archive. I’m sure this was causing a lot of sleeplessness and anxiety for Longtime Readers™, so I’ve (finally) taken care of it

The financial health of a company can be inferred from the quality, variety and cost to the employee of the snacks and beverages it offers its employees

Answer: “weirdly”

By U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Darrold Peters

In an age of turmoil, she rose higher than nearly anyone else. But it cost her her happiness

With the administration of George W. Bush still fresh in our collective memories, it’s easy to think that the problem with our system is the way it periodically throws stupid people into positions of power. But intelligence, in and of itself, is no guarantee of wisdom

In terms of designing a medium for discussion, Twitter’s product design decisions have been disastrous

The style of reporting usually called “access journalism” is neither: neither access, nor journalism

I am more than a consumer. And so are you

Staying safe is more important than Instagramming

A new graphic from the White House celebrates the day Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was “repealled.”

Bill Nye (“The Science Guy”) tries to explain to creationists why they shouldn’t pass this belief along to their kids. I would use this video as an example of how scientists and advocates for science should not communicate with the public

Alan Turing was a mathematical genius, a key figure in the Allied victory in World War II, and a man whose life was cut tragically short by bigotry

If you’re in the audience at a conference session, do a favor for both yourself and whoever’s presenting to you and put away your damn gadgets

Great, now we’ve screwed up evolution too

The question of what the dividing line is between ethical and unethical aggregation seems complicated to media’s worthies; but to me, it seems really, really simple

In the social media age, the rest of us to learn the lessons that journalists have learned the hard way. And one of those lessons is extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

If you want to sell me something to a nerd, don’t try to convince me that it’s perfect. Try to convince me that it’s imperfect, just in ways that I can live with

Jonah Lehrer says that cities are immortal and companies are not. I disagree

It’s uncanny, really

Can you believe this blog is ten years old??? BELIEVE IT

Thanksgiving should be a time of reflection. So this year, before we put it behind us, let’s reflect on what the annual Black Friday shopping frenzy says about us