Ah, Chuck Anderson. Fresh, brave, and brilliant from all angles, we turned our sights towards this self-taught, Michigan-based designer in 2005, when the then 20-year old's portfolio was already competitive with those of players twice his age. Since then, Chuck…
Continue Reading →Bespectled San Francisco eyes will be on open source social effort the Workbook Project this weekend as they bring their audience-selected film festival and conference to the city. First, on Friday, August 15, filmgoers are invited to use their mobile…
Continue Reading →This political season you are going to see a lot of buttons supporting various candidates. If you've ever been to a political rally you know how important these buttons are -- they immediately identify who is friend and who is…
Continue Reading →If we can trust what Wikipedia has to say on the matter, people born in the Chinese Year of the Monkey have it made. They are smart, quick witted, inventive problem-solvers, and they come with a side of sharp-shooting, horribly…
Continue Reading →Well, all of the mystery surrounding the new iPhone we've been shrouded in for the past couple months can finally be put to rest. Mr. Jobs just revealed the particulars at today's Worldwide Developer's Conference in San Francisco. Jason Chen…
Continue Reading →A lot of artistic expression can be attributed to the loss of one's mind. The artist at his creative best as he descends into madness with a little help from drugs and alcohol. Head Case, an art contest being held…
Continue Reading →Up until a few weeks ago, there were only a few words that I associated with startup companies. One was "balls," another was "brains," another was "heart attack." There are elements that lead up to those associations, first and foremost…
Continue Reading →In 2008, for the first time in recorded history, fifty percent of the World's population will be inhabitants of the earth's urban environments. The dense population of these cities has created a great need for low-cost housing. The Design Indaba…
Continue Reading →Attention all guitar heroes: do you spend the entirety of your daily grind day dreaming about those legendary rock 'n' roll video game moments you're going to create once you get back from the office? Don't you wish you could…
Continue Reading →In 2007 Arab-American documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim was awarded a TED Idea Prize for her wish to "bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film." The realization of her dream will happen on May…
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