TED 2007: Day 1 Highlights

Posted on March 8, 2007 Under Life

Trying to describe this conference would be like me trying to cut your hair over the phone (Thanks Jonah for the analogy). The energy, enthusiasm and mass of talented and remarkable people in one place at one time is hard…

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Twittering from TED

Posted on March 7, 2007 Under Travel
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Gin Weekend 10 Year Anniversary!

Posted on March 6, 2007 Under Life

Now in its 10th year of existence, I feel a deep sense of pride to have been privy to the very first Gin Weekend back in 1997. This year promises to be the most robustly and widely celebrated Gin Weekend…

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Plum: Collect Anything

Posted on March 2, 2007 Under Life

If you're anything like me, you thrive on accumulating massive amounts of information and data. I can tell you how much I spent on gas in March 2005. While sites such as del.icio.us help you aggregate bookmarks, and programs such…

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Web 2.0 in Under Five

Posted on February 24, 2007 Under Life

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, I hope you enjoy this short and thought provoking clip by Michael Wesch, who is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University. In this, a short, clear, simple,…

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The New Magnet Media

Posted on February 23, 2007 Under Life

MagneCote has come out with a product that may add a little something to the print advertising you magazine readers see so much of. From what I've seen, it's begun to filter into some design mags out there, and I'm…

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Trendmill

Posted on February 21, 2007 Under Life

As Josh mentioned in his design:related post, we've seen a huge jump in the introduction of niched social networks recently. It will be interesting to see which ones take off, and which ones end up on the cutting room floor.…

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3D Live Stats

Posted on February 20, 2007 Under Life

Just like I thought Google Earth was the next 'sliced bread,' I'm really excited about what 3D Live Stats is doing to change the way we view our website data. Long gone are the days of interpreting spreadsheets and 2D…

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PSFK Conference NYC

Posted on February 16, 2007 Under Life

Our trendy-spotting pals over at PSFK are having a conference Tuesday, March 6th at Regal Cinemas Union Square, NYC. It'll be a morning of trends and ideas and an afternoon of new marketing inspiration. Speakers like Sascha Lewis from Flavorpill,…

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DontClick.it

Posted on February 16, 2007 Under Life

It started with voice recognition and most recently, multiple sensor touch displays on the iPhone showed us how to quickly and intuitively zoom in and out of an image. No matter what the R&D grant money produces, a vast majority…

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