Edward Lynn Edward Lynn

Not your average wine lover

Wine drinkers come with their fair share of stereotypes, which are often perpetuated by memes circulating on social media. The haggard mom drinking a big glass of “juice in her sippy cup” at the end of a long day with her little ones or the drink of choice for the rich and sophisticated. But who are they really? In honor of National Wine Day, we peeled back the layers to uncover the (unexpected) truth.

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Edward Lynn Edward Lynn

It’s in the Stars: Astronomy vs. Astrology

When we look at people who love Astronomy versus those who love Astrology what do we find? It turns out that RYA can confirm what the memes have always told us – Astronomers and Astrologists are worlds apart.

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Edward Lynn Edward Lynn

What Mom really wants for Mother’s Day

Not sure what to get Mom for Mother’s Day this year? RYA™ has data on what Mom really wants to spend her extra money or free time on and it’s not flowers or another crowded brunch.

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Mark Himmelsbach Mark Himmelsbach

AI Creativity – should I love or fear it?

There is a raging debate about whether a machine – particularly an artificially intelligent machine – can be as creative as humans. Regurgitating information from the internet is one thing, but can AI really understand the context needed for creative work and create things that are engaging or entertaining? By using a proprietary dataset representing the US population and a decade’s worth of creative ideas, we believe RYA has crossed into that frontier.

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Mark Himmelsbach Mark Himmelsbach

Launching RYA™ - an AI tool for marketers

It was a confluence of three things that came together late in 2023 that made me think that we – our creative agency Episode Four – had found something great and potentially game-changing.

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Leslie Walsh Leslie Walsh

Golf: What the Middle and Upper Class agree on

If you ask anyone what they’d like more of the answer is typically one of two things: more time or money. But if you had extra time or money to spend, how would you spend it? Both the Middle and Upper class are more likely to want to spend it on golf.

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