May 2010
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February 2009
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Humble.
This is not a recession like the early 80’s or the tech bubble burst like 2000. This time it cuts a little deeper. This time it feels more personal. People, business and governments around the world are changing.
Restaurants are shedding their expensive rib eye for more affordable cuts like hanger steak. Buying brands as status labels (Gucci sunglasses from Macy’s anyone?) now come attached...
November 2008
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Permanence.
On the historic morning of November 5th, people line up in front of the New York Times to get a copy of the day’s newspaper.
In a fast-paced digital world where news images pop up on our screens and then just as quickly disappear, paper seemed the only way to capture a permanent memento of the emotions most of us were feeling.
Leading US newspapers including The Washington Post, The New...
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Youth and the Election.
Say what you will, one could surmise that all those years of watching American Idol taught young people one thing. Their vote does matter. Rock the Vote, a nonpartisan political advocacy group that targets younger voters, reported that over 2.5 million new registrants signed on for this election, more than doubling the amount in 2004. And turn-out by voters younger than 30 in the 2008 primaries...
Change.
Outside of a small clothing boutique in Williamsburg, Brooklyn a chalkboard sign has the words “These Times They Are a Changin” scrawled in large blue cursive loops. Next door at the bodega, neighborhood locals in ball caps and hoodies sit on the stoop chain smoking cigarettes, talking about the events in the news and calling out smack to passerby’s who recently moved into the...
October 2008
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“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor...”
– Isaac Asimov
Welcome.
Several years ago, I realized that there were a lot of sites being created by folks who were simply re-posting events, videos and news articles for the sake of reporting on the coolest things out there. Today’s audiences are constantly drawn in by the words “what’s hot, what’s not, what’s next and what’s cutting edge.” But cool for cool’s sake means little. In our quest as individuals to be the...