About the author

Josh Spear: I'm a frequent-flyer-mile-collector trying to visit every country in the world, sushi addict that loves omakase and active investor. Since 2004 this site has been a place for me to share highlights from art, culture, technology and global trends that I care about.


SpearTalks: Andrew Hyde for Startup Weekend

Posted on April 18, 2008 Under Life

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…

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Behance Inspiration: Jack Radcliffe's Photographic Moments

Posted on April 15, 2008 Under Art

When his daughter Alison was born, photographer Jack Radcliffe began to photograph her - as any father would. However, the project changed the course of his photographic focus and triggered a newfound interest in capturing intimate moments in the lives…

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Speartalks: Marion Peck

Posted on April 11, 2008 Under Art

Our general consensus is that it is in the eyes. It has to be, for there is nothing else to offer up that feeling of wrongness in the art of Marion Peck. Her palate is sunny enough, her subjects innocent…

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Flight Club Greene Street

Posted on April 10, 2008 Under Fashion

World famous sneaker-haven Flight Club has re-opened its original New York location on Greene Street after a big renovation. The reopening of this store is the fourth brick-and-mortar shop for the brand -- two in NYC, one in LA and…

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iminlikewithyou's Dinglepop

Posted on April 8, 2008 Under Life

Who likes Dinglepop? I do, I do. What is Dinglepop you ask? The latest and greatest game from our pals, the makers of iminlikewithyou, who are the makers of Blockles, the most addicting game ever (which has been played 763,326…

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Behance Inspiration: Art With Lots of Tension

Posted on April 7, 2008 Under Art

Sculptor R. Justin Stewart does amazing things with thread, rope, paint, pvc caps, and lots of tension. One striking piece, entitled Existing Independently, utilized fleece material to create 52 cubes held rigid with ropes to outline the USA. He also…

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SpearTalks: Luke McCann for Mottainai

Posted on April 4, 2008 Under Fashion

You know, as a resident of Boulder, CO (a place that, for those unfamiliar, holds the earth in higher regard than 102% of the rest of the world) I shouldn't be saying this. Progress is progress, as they say, and…

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Spring Awakening

Posted on April 3, 2008 Under Music

You won't find many musicals on our site, but with Spring Awakening's national tour coming soon to a city near you a few of us in the New York office saw fit to join the Broadway cast (from the comfort…

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Behance Inspiration: Art Direction for International Red Cross

Posted on March 31, 2008 Under Art

Art Directors Pier Madonia (UK) and Stuart Macmillan (Montreal) teamed up with photographer Roger Stayte and created a rather captivating print campaign for the International Red Cross. Prescribing the values of "awareness," "compassion," and "tolerance" was achieved through some pretty…

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Speartalks: Grant Hamilton

Posted on March 28, 2008 Under Art

You have heard by now that Polaroid film is dying. Rightfully, no, but inevitably, yes, and we have few words to appropriately state our reaction (of the few we have, the following do share company: appalled, mystified, f*cking pissed). Of…

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