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2009
June
Following in the Empowerment for Good posts (from the Behance x Naked session we hosted as part of the 99% Conference), this idea was brought to our attention by Greg Wong.
A friend of Greg’s started a nonprofit called Restore NYC, which is a safe house and long-term recovery program for immigrant sex trafficking victims [...]
May
Following in the Empowerment for Good posts (from the Behance x Naked session we hosted as part of the 99% Conference), here was the winning idea: an Entrepreneur in a Box program for young and aspiring enterprisers, via Jared Goralnick. In his words:
There’s no shortage of dreams, but few students ever learn the exact steps [...]
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the Behance x Naked session we hosted as part of the 99% Conference, called Empowerment For Good. Here’s one of the four ideas that got the most votes: an open source journalism system, via Nicole C. Wong.
We all know how the newspaper business has been faring lately. [...]
March
I know it’s so not a big deal, but I get slightly offended every time I go to the website of a company I subscribe to and find that I cannot log in on the home page. No, that precious and convenient real estate is dominated by blank spaces asking for new users to sign [...]
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, [...]
February
People are your (food-loving) partners
January
2008
December
September
the future of media has been pronounced
July
April
January
2007
December
September
the iphone heard round the world