notes > outside
things done outside our house that we find interesting.
2009
November
Back in the 90’s few people thought that in Bangladesh, a country where almost half the population lives on a dollar or less a day, there could’ve been a profitable cell phone industry: when Iqbal Quadir was looking for investors in the U.S., one cell phone company executive reportedly said that they were “not the [...]
March
Next Thursday, our friends at PSFK are holding their 2009 New York conference in Battery Park.
From the conference’s event page (which also gives a full schedule):
Tailored for creative professionals, strategists and the media, we will host 12 lectures and panels in topics that include arts & culture, design, digital & mobile technology, marketing & advertising, [...]
January
I wrote a tweet earlier today (a prayer, really): “bacon is a vegetable.” Almost immediately, someone called baconbaconbacon replied saying, “Bacon shrimp ontop [sic] of hot dogs is bliss!“
Okay, I’m intrigued.
Judging by the speed of the response to me, the frightening number of responses to other unwitting bacon admirers (~100 tweets in the last five [...]
2008
December
Sometimes I hear about an idea that I think is so cool that my entire day is made. One of these times was last Friday, when I saw this image on swissmiss:
If you’re not in the mood to click on the image to read it all, I’ll give you a summary. There is a chain [...]
The Detroit CEOs flying privately to DC to beg congress for cash mess was a really dumb PR screwup.
Today Ford and GM both took steps to avoid another PR mess attached to their private jets.
GM asked the Federal Aviation Administration tracking service to block the public’s ability to track one of their [...]
November
tv, our bestest friend forever
October
July
May
have you ever seen ben and karl lagerfeld in the same place at the same time?
April
February
Be Kind Rewind – we made a movie!
January
2007
December
November
ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll
boa vinda a nossa casa, grupo de midia!