January 2012
1 post
Nowadays everyone must love (or at least pretend... →
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
5 posts
The DOS Museum →
David Rees makes fun of your tired heritage... →
February 2011
6 posts
The new Beans track about dressing well. More...
“It seems that there’s a computer that makes most... →
RIP Brian Jacques →
January 2011
11 posts
My Office is Having a Art Show. You should come... →
SUBJECT TO CHANGE - FEBRUARY 11-MARCH 18, 2011
Fathom+Hatch present Subject to Change: New York artists explore a culture in flux.
February 11-March 18, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, February 11, 6-10 p.m. @ Fathom+Hatch Offices - 287 Spring St., Ground Fl., New York, NY
SUBJECT TO CHANGE invites a collection of New York artists to investigate the mercurial nature of contemporary life....
The Williamsburg beer bar is part of a larger... →
Seriously, for all the kids who have been on this Witch House thing for a minute now (I’m looking at you Gatekeeper, Salem, oOoOO et al), please find yourself a copy of Mentallo and the Fixer’s 1995 masterwork “Where Angels Fear to Tread”. Then listen. Then repeat.
Here’s a head start.
The web is not, despite the desires of so many, a... →
Only You Can Prevent Ed Hardy →
In the marketing profession, one of the tricks that crops up again and again is called “defining an enemy”. To provoke an emotional response in people, brands and products tend to define the things they stand for, and by contrast, the things they stand against. Converse stands for individuality and against corporate conformity (funny, since they’re owned by Nike). Method Soap...
Someone Else Will Put it Back →
You’ve done this too, I promise.
December 2010
9 posts
Fonts In Use →
Type in its natural habitat.
308,745,538 →
Talking about “social media” in 2011 is like talking about “the information superhighway” in 2002
What Font Should I Use? →
Just so we can get this cleared up now: the old Tron was a not-very-good-movie that looked awesome. The new Tron will be a not-very-good-movie that also looks awesome. I’m not sure why Disney would want to build a franchise on that, but at least now you don’t have to read the reviews.
Marketing knows how to take your holiday money →
The truth of the matter is: a lot of people in the marketing world take an interest in relieving you of your dollars in the month of December. How far are they willing to go to do so? Consider the following 10 suggestions from NeuroFocus, via NielsenMedia:
Resist the temptation to overwhelm the senses. Especially for Grandma and Grandpa, whose brains have to work harder to suppress sensory...
Map of Metal →
YES
November 2010
17 posts
Best New Blogs of 2010, according to the Bygone... →
Williamsburg-brand Cigarettes →
So this happened.
Borough President For Life, Marty Markowitz, responded by saying:
“When we say that Williamsburg and Brooklyn are smokin’, we mean smokin’ hot — not smokin’ cigarettes!”
Rutgers offers a "Mini-MBA" in Social Media →
From Facebook to LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube – firms and individuals are embracing social media platforms at an ever-increasing pace. This program addresses the many issues surrounding this new phenomenon and provides a roadmap to help individuals and firms navigate social media to gain a competitive edge.
Remember “The Information Superhighway”? Also, free iPad!
Large banks, hedge funds and private investors... →
Chris Christie, the Kevin James of governors →
Vinyl Data →
Computer programs hidden in 1980s vinyl recordings.
Nintendo would like to trademark the phrase "It's...
CNN via the Awl
The phrase has popped up in music (Urban Dictionary says a song by rapper Ice Cube may have been its first pop-culture appearance) and movies, including 2003’s “American Wedding,” a sequel to “American Pie.”
Thanks, CNN.
There was a gas station across the street from the... →
On The Bro'd →
Every sentence of On The Road, retold for Bros.
I first met Dean not long after Tryscha and I hooked up. I had just gotten over a wicked fucking hangover that I won’t bother to talk about, except that it had something to do with a six-foot-five douchebag and a beer bong. With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life you could call my life on the bro’d. Before that I’d often dreamed of...
VU1 →
So, not that you’d probably think a lot about this, but the incandescent lightbulb is scheduled to be phased out of Americans’ lives in like a year. What’s going to replace it? Well that remains to be seen. Suffice it to say, there’s a bit of an arms-race on to figure out what the new standard in bulbs will be. Compact Fluorescents are big on the market at the moment, but...
