Wakefield’s Work In The News

HomeGoods recently conducted a survey about how Americans live in their homes and found, among many other shocking tidbits, that 47 percent of Americans haven't updated their home decor in the last five years — and nine percent haven't in more than 10 years. I, on the...

The reports of progress are wrong. Cutting-edge programs like those at the immersion charter school Yu Ying in Washington, D.C., and reports of Chinese-language courses popping up in heartland America would all seem to suggest that Americans are on the fast track to...

A survey conducted for HomeGoods stores revealed that Ellen DeGeneres is Americans’ ideal guest at a holiday cocktail party, a December vacation with George Clooney at his Italian residence would be bellissimo, and Michelle Obama is the top choice to decorate a...

Neither Michelle Obama nor Sarah Palin is running for office (yet), but the ladies did face off for votes recently in a national survey about... holiday decor. The poll—conducted by retailer HomeGoods—asked just over 1,000 Americans which celeb they'd most like to...

Americans would invite comedian Ellen DeGeneres to a holiday party, take a vacation with actor George Clooney and ask first lady Michelle Obama to decorate their Christmas tree, a survey released on Thursday suggests. The first lady got 38 percent of the vote among...

Interest soars in learning China’s official language. On a small street in Singapore’s Chinatown Fu Xianling, the founder of a language-education company called New Concept Mandarin, searches for additional office space. Mr Fu wants to expand his business with the...

Laptop users have been known to go without food or sleep to stay plugged in. Apparently, being wired is also worth some scorched skin, according to a study by Wakefield Research for Logitech International released Wednesday. Laptop users reported facing consistent...

Purell reminds us it's "GERMY" SEASON with this stat: 55 percent of us would rather touch a public toilet seat than a hand that's been sneezed or coughed on. Source: Newsweek

The politicians have it all wrong. We are not addicted to foreign oil. We are addicted to Wi-Fi, the wireless networking technology that holds our youth in its wavy grip. How bad is it? Seventy-five percent of American respondents to a survey sponsored by the Wi-Fi...