City of Seattle seeking artist for multi-site outdoor artwork

June 30, 2011
burke-gilman trail

This great opportunity from the City of Seattle is available for established artists living in Washington state. They are seeking an artist or artist team to create a permanent multi-site outdoor artwork along the Burke-Gilman Trail. The all-inclusive budget is $80,000.00 and the application deadline is 11:00 p.m. August 1st 2011. Requirements include that the artist create a durable, permanent outdoor artwork for two to five select locations along the trail. Further details can be found on the City’s...

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Cute Nexus S 4G cat commercial

May 26, 2011
kitten

I saw this Sprint commercial for the first time tonight and I love cats so I couldn’t resist posting it here. Kudos to the team behind this commerical.  

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How Solarcity is making the transition to solar power easier than ever

May 4, 2011
solar

I discovered Solarcity when browsing through FastCompanys’ list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies and since I love innovation and clean tech I felt I had to write up about this smart company. Solarcity is America’s leading full-service solar provider with customers that include Intel, eBay and more than 75 schools and universities.  They service homeowners, businesses and government organizations and are the first company to provide solar power system design, financing, installation and monitoring services from a...

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Moving TED Talk | Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice

April 29, 2011
speak

It’s remarkable how many surgeries and corotoid artery ruptures Roger Ebert had before there was pretty much no chance of him ever being able to have a voice again. In this TED talk, Roger Ebert’s wife Chaz, along with his two other friends lend a voice to his words and give a moving speech about his journey. It makes you realize how precious a voice really is when you look at someone like him, a man whose cortoid artery...

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iPhone, Droid and other products are storing location data but in different quantities

April 22, 2011
geolocation

Everyone is up in arms about the iPhone storing people’s location data but Apple is not the only company doing this. Below is the video featured in TechCrunch’s article that’s with Robert Vamosi, author of the new book “When Gadgets Betray Us” who discusses subjects such as the iPhone specific location data security storage issues.  After the video are excerpts from The Next Web’s article that focus on the difference between how many location data entries the Android phones...

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MOAT: Heatmap analytics for display ads, display ads search + more

April 19, 2011
navigating through search

Below: Showcase of 10 MOAT online ads search results: microsoft vs. apple, coca-cola vs. pepsi, nba vs. nhl, ge vs. p&g. | Heatmap and customer experience analytics have been around for quite some time with customer experience analytics companies like ClickTale that help improve  online conversion processes. However,  heatmap analytics for display ads? This is something fairly new, it is to me anyway! I discovered MOAT after reading this TechCrunch article and the search engine feature was quite interesting...

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Amazing architects and beautiful modern home design

April 15, 2011
modern design

Leave the world of management, marketing and tech and step into the world of architecture. The following are talented and unique architectural firms that have a lovely portfolio of homes, buildings, and other structures to look through. First on the list is Garrison Architects, winners of the American Architecture Award 2010, then is Kieran Timberlake, winner of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Award 2010 and last but not least, Olson Kundig Architects, winner of the World Architecture News House...

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