Between the happy hours, film festival, art showings, discussions about technology and concerts, there isn't much not to love about the Noise Pop festival that's dominating San Francisco until March 1. One of the highlights of the 17th year of…
Continue Reading →On January 10th, JoshSpear.com friend and action sports industry staple Riley Poor was involved in an accident in Vermont that resulted in a serious spinal cord injury. Among the many hats Riley wears in the ski industry: he's X Games…
Continue Reading →Here's further evidence that the fabric separating virtual and real life is a fine mesh indeed. The enterprising design firm Go Media, is riffing off the popular "Fail" Internet meme with actual adhesive Fail stickers. Rather than hide behind your…
Continue Reading →There's no better price than free with the current economic climate, especially when it comes with a laugh. Two recent animated spots for the video chat service TokBox feature relationship phone follies that could use some visual interaction (including one…
Continue Reading →The name cliKball sounds like a fun new mouse game -- and in a way it is. Coming across like a Twitter for link sharing, the plug-in co-created by Jesse Andrews of Userscripts.org fame and three other principles formerly of…
Continue Reading →When it comes to brainstorming, a walled-off cubicle or sterile office environment can poison innovation. Creative types need an ideal thinking place to get them in the proper headspace. That's the idea behind The Creative Pigsty at Imaginarte, a room…
Continue Reading →Los Angeles-based artist Liz McGrath sets her "eye for the strange beauty in the grotesqueries of life" upon Valentine's Day. Unto her collection of hand-painted miniature butcher knives, she has added two special editions for the holiday. The Personalized Heart…
Continue Reading →Everybody has neighbors, even if they're miles away. Those relationships can vary from ... well ... neighborly to downright cold. And there are probably some things you'd like to say to those people -- like stop stealing our paper and…
Continue Reading →The morning got off on an artistic note and included Ed Ulbrich who showed some dazzling film special effects from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love wooed the audience with an "a cappella"…
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