The $39 Experiment

Posted on May 2, 2006 Under Life

Tom Locke says he is an average guy-- not rich, not poor. He had an interesting idea one day when he was staring at a $39 roll of stamps wondering what on earth he could get for $39 in this…

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Freaking for Sneakers

Posted on March 9, 2006 Under Life

Time Magazine has a nice article about the bubbling sneaker culture around the world-- a culture that has helped propel the slow-growth athletic-shoe biz' to more than a $15 billion industry today. If you're still trying to grasp the whole…

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Welcome To The Blogosphere Malcom!

Posted on February 24, 2006 Under Life

It looks as if author Malcom Gladwell has silently launched a blog. He says "In the past year I have often been asked why I don't have a blog. My answer was always that I write so much, already, that…

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Pillow Fight Club

Posted on February 15, 2006 Under Life

I kid you not, the Pillow Fight Club is real and in full effect. Everybody should have a good pillow fight every now and then, and thanks to word of mouth there seems to be more and more strategically planned…

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Online Bubble Project

Posted on February 1, 2006 Under Life

After the overwhelming success of creative-genious and designer Ji Lee's Bubble Project, it was only a matter of time before he took things virtual. The online version of the Bubble Project allows users to comment on a "Bubbled Person of…

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Guest Contributor: Scott Kobayashi

Posted on January 9, 2006 Under Life

I've invited a few close blogger friends who run some of the most under-rated blogs in the blogosphere to help move this site to the next level. I'm kicking this week off with Scott Kobayashi, of Kobayashi 5. The California…

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Nominate me for a Bloggie Award!

Posted on January 5, 2006 Under Life

It's that time again for the yearly weblog awards, aka the 2006 Bloggies. Pretty please go and nominate me for whatever you see fit. I'll settle with best-kept-secret weblog but wouldn't be angry if you also put a nod in…

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Cool Buisness Ideas

Posted on January 5, 2006 Under Life

I've had some nice correspondence with the guys who run CoolBusinessIdeas.com this week. I've been following their site for a while and it has proven to be a great source of inspiration and ideas. In a nutshell, they're dedicated to…

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Goodbye Charles and Marie

Posted on January 3, 2006 Under Life

Dear Friends and Family, Six months ago, I was contacted by two men who had an interesting idea to create a website. They wanted access to my readers, my voice and experience as a successful blogger. They asked me to…

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Best of JoshSpear.com ’05: Trends

Posted on December 30, 2005 Under Life

Smash The Tones The Bubble Project Pedestrian Levitation Bamboosa First Undersea Restaurant Delocator Human Ad Space Designer Barcodes The Flybar

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