Blackbird: Seattle

Posted on April 23, 2007 Under Fashion

Blackbird is not only a great menswear boutique to visit, but it also understands that many fashion buffs aren't able to make the trip to Seattle to see the store for themselves. Don't get me wrong, you should do your…

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Introducing: Phuong-Cac Nguyen, Live from Sao Paulo

Posted on April 20, 2007 Under Life

I think by now everyone has probably noticed the incredible coverage coming out of Sao Paulo from our newest on-the-ground correspondent and site contributor, Phuong-Cac. Phuong-Cac Nguyen is a Los Angeles transplant currently calling dynamic Sao Paulo, Brazil, her new…

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Trust Us: We'll Never Use PayPerPost

Posted on April 3, 2007 Under Life

There's something about this Jason Calcanis interview of Ted Murphy (founder of PayPerPost) that makes us cringe. The very idea of masking paid product placements as genuine blog posts flies squarely in the face of what we as writers and…

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Alan Graham: MedHed

Posted on March 28, 2007 Under Life

After much encouragement, longtime friend and colleague Alan Graham finally launched a blog! It's officially titled MedHed-- and it's really solid. MedHed (or Media Head) is a daily digest of great design for everyday usage. Alan not only writes about…

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Wired Redesign: I Like.

Posted on March 27, 2007 Under Design

If you're a regular reader of the Wired blogs (like I am), you may have noticed the series of redesigns throughout the past few weeks on Wired.com. A site redesign is a big decision for a widely read blog (or…

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Carbon Neutral Journal

Posted on February 22, 2007 Under Life

This isn't a post about sneakers, sorry; although Keith Peters did work as a Nike executive for 17 years, where he founded nike.com. Now residing in Jackson Hole, WY, where he runs his own communications company, Keith woke up in…

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Guest Contributor: Lilly Stein

Posted on February 1, 2007 Under Life

Many of you have probably noticed the mouth-watering posts from our newest food oriented contributor, Lilly Stein. We figured it was time to give her a proper introduction-- so without further Adieu, welcome to the team Lilly! Lilly Stein was…

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Survey, Survey, Survey!

Posted on January 24, 2007 Under Life

Our survey is in full swing and more than 350 folks have taken 5 minutes out of their day to tell us a little bit about themselves and why they read JoshSpear.com. They've also automatically all been entered to win…

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Gawker T-shirt Shenanigans!

Posted on January 23, 2007 Under Fashion

The Gawker 't-shirt off' has provided us with a lot of laughter recently-- or maybe I should say: Gawker in general makes me laugh all the time. If you aren't familiar, Gawker sent a call to action out to all…

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2007 Survey, I Need Your Help!

Posted on January 22, 2007 Under Life

It's been more than a year since our last survey-- and traffic has basically tripled since that time. While we think we have some idea about who you (our readers) are, we're all sort of scratching our heads in bewilderment…

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