WORDPRESS SITE NOW CONTAINS A PAGE FOR MY PRESS RELEASES

Just added a new tab on my wordpress site that will make it easier for you to browse examples of press releases I have created for clients.

THE JOY OF INCREDIMAIL – AN EASY TO USE DISNEY-THEMED EMAIL PROGRAM

There’s nothing dry about this program. Incredimail is incredible. Inspired me to write this little ditty.

Screenshot of the Incredimail home page.

This program is easy to use and will bring joy to the eyes and hearts of your recipients. Use when you want to leave a nice impression.

21 Ways Rich People Think Differently – Business Insider

21 Ways Rich People Think Differently – Business Insider.

gdgt live Consumer Electronics Show in New York, June 25th (free entry)

From the sponsors:

gdgt live in NY is not only the official kickoff event for CE Week, but it is the only CE Week event open to consumers.

Where: The Altman Building – 135 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011
When: Monday, June 25th – 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Why: Because we know you love technology as much as we do and you deserve a chance to meet face-to-face with companies that make the products and services you’re thinking about buying.

When you enter the show you’ll have a choice between a free gdgt T-shirt and a free gdgt-branded iPhone case from Speck Products. We’ve got a ton of amazing gear up for grabs.

If you want to have a drink, you’ll have to head downstairs to the Inspiration Lounge powered by Monster.

If you’re one of the first 20 people to bring an old mouse or keyboard to the Logitech table to recycle, they’ll exchange it for a brand new Logitech Color Mouse.

Register to attend for free: http://events.gdgt.com/gdgt-live-in-new-york/

Be sure to follow @gdgt for event updates.

Free Tech Ed Classes on the Public Plazas This Summer

The Flatiron BID will be offering free classes on a range of technology-related subjects this summer. These classes will be taught by instructors from General Assembly, the urban campus for technology, design, and entrepreneurship, which is partnering with the BID to provide this free programming. The classes will cover a variety of topics beneficial to entrepreneurs, small businesses owners, students, and others.

Classes will be held on the second Thursday in June, July and August on the Flatiron Public Plaza South, along Broadway between 22nd and 23rd Street, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, classes will be held on the third Thursday of that same month.To register for the first class on June 14th, please email events@flatironbid.org. Space is limited.

Intro to the NYC Startup Community
The first class in the lineup is Intro to the NYC Startup Community on June 14th. This class is an orientation to help newcomers to the startup scene get acquainted with the exciting world of tech in NYC. Attendees will be given the inside scoop on key events/meetups to attend, people, companies, VCs, blogs, incubators, programs, hot issues, and more. The role of key players such as TechStars, HackNY, New York Tech Meetup, foursquare, WeAreNYTech, betaworks, and Tumblr will be discussed. This class will be taught by Anna Lindow, General Assembly’s director of content strategy.

Subsequent classes include Programming for Non-Programmers on July 12th, and Business Development Tactics: Strategies and Basics on August 9th. Reservations for these will be taken at a later date, but for more detailed descriptions, visit General Assembly’s website: generalassemb.ly/.

THE VILLAGE VOICE ONLINE HAS A NEW EASY TO USE LAYOUT

The Village Voice online has a clean well-ordered new layout that makes it easy to understand and easy to use again.

The new design is a big difference from the Village Voice home page of recent memory which seemed to have content in modules all over the place in no discernable order. Except for featured articles in neat modules in the top third of the web page, articles are given their own latitude on the web page, no longer competing with each other for attention. The Village Voice logo is top center with the brand colors maintained throughout, while color separates ad content from Village Voice content. Ads are prominent, offering great exposure, but don’t interfere with visual scans of the page for news content. Congratulations on your new design Village Voice. It’s easy to use again. Hooray.

PINTEREST HAS MY INTEREST

Pinterest has my interest – because it showcases the best images of everything, quality higher than Google, and just as findable as anything on the internet. In fact, it is its own database, one we get to create, in the fashion of a Wikipedia and  Indymedia. Like Flickr, you can curate, filling in the necessary biographical data about the image including source and author and then you get to say whatever you want to say. And more importantly, everything on it goes viral, with the length of its reach growing based on the level of people’s interest.

It’s a private community; you have to get an invite to join. if you’re cool, you get inside. Inside it functions as a museum, with each member serving as curator, placing photos on the wall in different rooms or canvases they call boards, and the numbers of visitors each room receives is based on who tells others about your room by sharing the things on your wall. Artistically, you don’t have a page so much as you have a showroom, and it looks like you can create unlimited showrooms.  Each image has a lasting legacy, a long tail, and just like in a museum, can be referenced long after others have added to the collection.

We’re pulling in the best of the best, anything known to please the eye. It all suggests a new national standard. Plus, people can join hands and populate rooms together. All of these collaborations should result in a well-polished history of human invention and image-making. Pinterest is an American arts community, populated by lovers. It’s the perfect place to learn to live with one another.

Rise To The Top

Participated as moderator last Wednesday in the Sigma Alpha Delta Rise To The Top catered event. Each of six teams was tasked with erecting a bridge, then explaining their work to the panel. It was a pleasure judging the work of each teams. Thanks to the organizers for producing such a rewarding experience for its participants.

Update: Hemispheric Institute Conference (Fri 3/30)

Thanks to all who made possible yesterday’s fantastic conference on the 5th floor of NYU’s 20 Cooper Sq offices, home to the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics. Titled, “Creative Activism in the Age of Digital Technologies,” it covered a wide range of ways in which those who wish to chronicle their angst at societal practices can do so vibrantly and resourcefully through means of performance art transmitted through media.

Expanded Screening Experience Actitainment Panel – April 24th

Join SKUFLIX for the 2nd in their series of Expanded Screening Experience (ExScEx) events – a panel on April 24th at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY. The event will feature the following-

• Screening of Human Resources short
• Screening of Vodka Rocks! the indie film by SKUFLIX with a perfect blend of entertainment and activism
• Panel about actitainment: In the last 10-15 years, a number of organizations and individuals whose work combine entertainment and activism, or at least social commentary, have gained popularity. The Yes Men, Reverend Billy, Vermin Supreme, etc. After all, Occupy Wall St was launched by AdBusters. Is this a new movement? Why has it gained popularity? What is its potential and drawbacks? Panel members to be announced.
• Vodka tasting
• Twitter competition
• Music & networking

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: http://www.vodka-rocks.com/exscex/index.html