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Startup Candy | MISSION.tv

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:24:00 -0400

Silicon Alley is truly a startup ecosystem that never sleeps. I first entered the New York’s rising tech scene while I was still in High School. I’ve met a lot of entrepreneurs along the way and the ones that are still around are extremely passionate. Passion is my fuel that pushes me forward when life gets tough.

I joined MISSION.tv back in December 2011. I worked with pleasure around the clock and it’s been an incredible journey so far. I thrive in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments and just love building early stage, lean startups.

Today is May Day and official launch of MISSION.tv! MISSION.tv is a digital platform about making a difference in the world. We are a dynamic website of global humanitarian and travel videos, articles and photography. We are a social network, a collaborative community of activists, travelers and creative contributors, all of us humanitarians.

"It’s hard to tell with these Internet startups if they’re really interested in building..."

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:40:00 -0400

“It’s hard to tell with these Internet startups if they’re really interested in building companies or if they’re just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don’t really want to build a company, they won’t luck into it. That’s because it’s so hard that if you don’t have a passion, you’ll give up.”

- Steve Jobs

Earth Hour- World's largest single campaign for the planet

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:52:32 -0400

Participate this year in the world’s largest single campaign for the planet: Earth Hour. It starts with a simple flick of the lights at 8:30pm on March 31, 2012 in a collective display of commitment to a better future for the planet.

The History of the Boombox

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:09:54 -0400

Before iPods (or even CDs) there were boomboxes. It’s been 20 years since they disappeared from the streets, but the nostalgia they evoke is about more than stereo equipment.

100 Years Of Dance & Fashion In 100 Seconds

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:23:00 -0500

The Ruins of Detroit

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:44:00 -0500

Photography by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre

Visual Candy | Keegan Gibbs

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:39:00 -0500

Photographer/Videographer Keegan Gibbs is the Generation C master of capturing youth culture.

Activist | Sara Ziff

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:35:00 -0500

Sara Ziff is a model, activist, filmmaker and a lovely woman with a brave vision. New York Magazine calls her Norma Rae of the Runway. She started a labor movement, a non-profit called The Model Alliance - a platform that aims to radically improve the conditions under which models work.

Over the years, I had an intimate first look at the Fashion Industry and things behind the scenes are not always pretty. Fortunately, Sara is bringing much needed transparency to the fashion industry and just in time for the New York Fashion Week.

The Model Alliance Video Campaign from The Model Alliance on Vimeo.

Startup Candy | Health 2.0

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:47:00 -0500

Greatist is my new favorite health, fitness & wellness source. The articles are informative and fun to read!

The image below was originally published in the article on Exercise Addiction.

Gogol Bordello | New Years Eve Show

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:44:00 -0500

Gogol Bordello at Terminal 5 on New Years Eve was the best way to start 2012-dancing, singing, laughing & celebrating life!

Gogol Bordello— Wonderlust King from Nate Pommer on Vimeo.

“What we’re making isn’t folk music, but savage intellectualism. We speak a language of a new world community that understands cultures can relate. So people who still speak of nationalism and racism or what separates us, they are inadequate for this time. Evolution goes on.” - Eugene Hutz

Startup Candy | Content Tools

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:35:00 -0500

Startup Candyis a feature where I’d like to share news about startups, technology, and innovation.

During the Code Meet Print Meetup at the General Assembly in NYC we learned about 3 awesome startups:

URTAK is a free embeddable application for finding out what people think. This tool can help increase audience engagement with your content and easily collect user feedback.

FINDINGS makes it possible to import highlights from the books you are reading, collect text from the web, and share them with your friends.

PROJEQT is a device-neutral platform for showing creative work. This is an elegant creative storytelling platform enabling people to display content in a slideshow style. Agency TBWA led the software development and the site is written completely in HTML5. I already used it to create a pitch for a client and are happy that it runs as well on iPads and iPhones as it does on the desktop.

projeqt \ how great stories are told from projeqt on Vimeo.

Grimes | Oblivion

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:44:00 -0500

Grimes (Claire Boucher) seduced me today with her synthpop beats, sweet voice, and DIY aesthetics. Her messy hair reminds me of Lisa, character played by Angelina Jolie in the 1999 movie Girl, Interrupted (based on Susanna Kaysen’s memoir) Grimes translates the feeling of anxiety by playing one note at the time-and in turn creates a mood of beautiful disorder.

I enjoyed the suspense and the visuals in her live session for In My Room presented by Yours Truly and MTV Hive.

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cool-and-calm: Overwerk - Contact — his music would be the...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:08:00 -0500

cool-and-calm:

Overwerk - Contact — his music would be the audio interpretation of my imagination when it’s traveling throughout outerspace.

Startup Candy | Social Travel

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:54:00 -0500

InBed.Me is a social booking site for travelers. This is a great platform that connects people and local businesses organically while growing global communities.

I was at the InBed.me launch party yesterday hosted at the HI USA hostel in NYC. The energy in the room was awesome and founders Diego Saez-Gil and Alex Torrenegra were great hosts.

Content Candy | Everything is a Remix

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:20:00 -0500

Kirby Ferguson is shaping the future of media by curating a holistic pre-digital era guide called Everything is a Remix.

Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Some people have a natural ability for pattern recognition.

Content Candy | Etsy

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:01:00 -0500

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Etsy’s got a wonderous video campaign running. They’re producing individual indie films about craftspeople from across the world, like only an indie film maker could do. In the process, they’re promoting the love of hand made products and driving traffic to their site.

Telling stories works, and it’s easy to forget that sometimes the people just need great content. Sometimes it’s really that easy. From 22GL.

Visual Candy | Oh Snap! Smile Brooklyn wedding photographer and...

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:03:00 -0500

Visual Candy | Oh Snap! Smile

Brooklyn wedding photographer and my dear friend, Tanveer married beautiful Kelly and invited us all to get cozy! Check out the review for Oh Snap! Smile photo booth on Glamour.com

Idealist Dead at 22

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:11:00 -0500

Social networking site Diaspora co-founder and open web enthusiast Ilya Zhitomirskiy, passed away suddenly on Saturday night November 12, 2011.

Ilya poetically spoke code and was an idealist for the Digital Age. He was Free Culture warrior and inspiration for the Adjustment Generation that’s at the intersection of culture, technology and media.

We have the power to shape the future, start revolutions and communicate faster than ever before. Now that we have a powerful platform, how are the rest of us going to use our voice?

“The time will come when every change shall cease, this quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: no summer then shall glow, nor winter freeze; nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now shall ever last.” ~ Petrarch

Please visit Hans Koning’s Tribute for Ilya

"How a geek girl is able to communicate with her peers might be best pinned to how comfortable she..."

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:29:00 -0500

“How a geek girl is able to communicate with her peers might be best pinned to how comfortable she feels in her own skin, especially when talking about her area of geek expertise. If she’s surrounded by people who don’t understand her world, then she’ll shut up tighter than a clam. However, if our she-geek is among kindred spirits who understand her quirks and quips, then I think she can schmooze with the best of them.”

- (“Geek Girls Unite” author Leslie Simon @geekgirlsunite)

"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel..."

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:37:00 -0400

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Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.

Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

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- Steve Jobs, Wired, February, 1995 (via brit)