Last night in Los Angeles, Participant Productions honored 5 films from around the world by giving their filmmakers $5,000 grants. The grants are awarded by Participant, makers of Charlie Wilson’s War and the new Standard Operating Procedure and other amazing films, as part of its Outstanding Filmmakers Awards Program. Learn more about the 5 grant […]
IWRI x ‘Steampunk’
The New York Times published an article on Steampunk culture that’s getting a lot of buzz on the Internets. Steampunk originated as a term for science fiction based on Victorian-era themed concepts - and the literature has birthed a rich lifestyle culture with a unique fashion aesthetic and product modification styles (some references & […]
Chamillionaire on Social Media, Going to the People, & the Music Industry
<30 artist, Chamillionaire speaks to Pete Cashmore @ Mashable! about his success in social media (he set the record for ringtone downloads @ 4 million) and why he wasn’t hating when Weird Al Yankovich wanted to turn “Riding Dirty” into “White and Nerdy.” At the Digital Hollywood Conference in LA, he made a few […]
To our LA Stunners: UCLA Conference on Innovation
This Friday, May 9th is the UCLA Anderson Entrepreneurs Conference: From Ideas to Innovation.
1. Check out the impressive, well-designed conference website
2. Stunners we’d love to meet from IDEO, Pandora Radio, a bunch of Universities & VC Funds will be there, so go & represent!
3. Sign up today using code MASHEAC for $20 off.
The […]
Ahhh, Nokia. You Get It, We Like You
Nokia’s concept phone “People First” is a phone built around people’s needs - and built for people to develop and use at they choose (ie, it openly supports hacking). Maybe someone at Nokia’s been reading Blue Ocean Strategy…?
Nokia’s fired out some interesting concept phones this year, but this newest “People First” design centers more on […]
Vocation Vacations: It’s like ‘MADE’ for Grown Folks
For those of you who enjoy being the Jack or Jane of all trades, knowing a little bit of something about everything, who are curious, adventurous - or just downright lost about your career, you need to check out Vocation Vacations.
This Portland-based company gives people the chance to work on any career of their choosing, […]
Choose Good: Climate Counts Scorecards are here!
Climate Counts is a non-profit that supports consumers power to effect environmental change by leveraging their purchasing power to support companies that are doing right by the planet. Click here to holler at their 2008 pocket guide so next time you’re shopping you can choose wisely.
Nike, IBM, Unilever, Toshiba, P&G, HP and Sony are among […]
Arnold R&D Lab
If I Ran It, ad agencies would be full of tangential specialists, interdisciplinary exploits, and random (but useful) projects not billed to clients but built for people!
If you didn’t know, Innovation is officially the new buzz capability for ad agencies. Back in the day, strategic planners were the ‘hot thing’ that agencies used to […]
“Being Humble is so 2007…Trust Me”
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is what I’m jamming right now & I love how Erykah is always bringing the insight & incite. Her album’s self reflective, political, & “it’s got a funky beat and I can bug out to it“; She’s also the new face of Tom Ford’s latest fragrance, […]
Digital Minimalism & Email Behavior Change
I have been stressing out entirely too much lately. New-ish job, working on the little, huge publication / movement / project that is If We Ran It, and, of course, keeping the gentlemen callers at bay…It all leaves a gal pretty overwhelmed at times. Today I’m inspired to start with a little change: […]