HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR :-) (loved this 2012 calendar)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR :-) (loved this 2012 calendar)

etsy: “In an homage to Etsy, Natalie Rachel has produced a pair of handmade scarves that use the company’s data as inspiration for the patterns. As the basis for her Data Scarves, Rachel collected figures related new members, items sold and the apportionment of vintage, handmade and supply goods. She later graphed the resulting data and—with a bit of ingenuity and an eye for fashion—put together a selection of wearables that plot the company’s profile.” Via Data Scarves

etsy:

“In an homage to Etsy, Natalie Rachel has produced a pair of handmade scarves that use the company’s data as inspiration for the patterns. As the basis for her Data Scarves, Rachel collected figures related new members, items sold and the apportionment of vintage, handmade and supply goods. She later graphed the resulting data and—with a bit of ingenuity and an eye for fashion—put together a selection of wearables that plot the company’s profile.” Via Data Scarves

damiensaatdjian: Observatori del TreballPosters designed by Hey Studio, Barcelona

damiensaatdjian:

Observatori del Treball
Posters designed by Hey Studio, Barcelona

Solving a problem is the New World of Work: New Mousetrap

Solving a problem is the New World of Work: New Mousetrap

good: There Flows the Neighborhood: Follow the Booze to the Next Big Block “In a way, liquor is the lifeblood of the modern urban neighborhood. Where it flows, growth often seems to follow. Upscale bars can be a sign of change—as they are in a neighborhood like mine—or they can drive change, as they do in places just starting to transform…as more 20-somethings embrace city living across the country, bars and restaurants have become, perhaps, what the church or country club are to the suburban lifestyle: tangible evidence of a vibrant community.” Read more on GOOD→

good:

There Flows the Neighborhood: Follow the Booze to the Next Big Block

“In a way, liquor is the lifeblood of the modern urban neighborhood. Where it flows, growth often seems to follow. Upscale bars can be a sign of change—as they are in a neighborhood like mine—or they can drive change, as they do in places just starting to transform…as more 20-somethings embrace city living across the country, bars and restaurants have become, perhaps, what the church or country club are to the suburban lifestyle: tangible evidence of a vibrant community.”

Read more on GOOD→

Behind the New Sharing Economy

It’s one thing to buy a vintage lamp on Craigslist, but in the wake of the Airbnb home-vandal scandal, would you rent a stranger your SUV or office desk? These seven start-ups are betting that, with added security from insurance and online transparency, you sure will. They’re targeting hard-to-disrupt industries (travel, hotel, and auto-rental) by enabling people to buy and rent directly from one another. Here’s how it works.

utnereader: When Gino Francesconi arrived in New York to study conducting in 1974, one of his first stops was Carnegie Hall. “Because this was where I was going to make it. I wanted to see this hall,” he recalls. But when the San Francisco native entered the lobby, he was sure he was in the wrong place. “It was dark, it was dingy, there was litter on the floor, and it was small. I didn’t realize that it was bigger than most Broadway lobbies,” he says, laughing, “so I walked into the box office, and, talk about green, I said to the guy, ‘Excuse me, is there another Carnegie Hall around here?’ And he said, without missing a beat, ‘How many Carnegie Halls do you want, buddy?’ And it’s just kind of funny, because there it was, it was all you needed to hear. I didn’t know what it looked like, but I knew what it meant.” Francesconi has since become intimately familiar with nearly every nook and cranny of Carnegie Hall. Its first and only archivist, he is the concert hall’s walking encyclopedia, a catalog of everything from encounters with legendary artists and landmark performances to obscure facts about the building and behind-the-scenes trivia. But the position is one that he never would have envisioned for himself when he came to New York with dreams of performing on the stage. Keep reading “Maestro of Memories” …

utnereader:

When Gino Francesconi arrived in New York to study conducting in 1974, one of his first stops was Carnegie Hall. “Because this was where I was going to make it. I wanted to see this hall,” he recalls.

But when the San Francisco native entered the lobby, he was sure he was in the wrong place. “It was dark, it was dingy, there was litter on the floor, and it was small. I didn’t realize that it was bigger than most Broadway lobbies,” he says, laughing, “so I walked into the box office, and, talk about green, I said to the guy, ‘Excuse me, is there another Carnegie Hall around here?’ And he said, without missing a beat, ‘How many Carnegie Halls do you want, buddy?’ And it’s just kind of funny, because there it was, it was all you needed to hear. I didn’t know what it looked like, but I knew what it meant.”

Francesconi has since become intimately familiar with nearly every nook and cranny of Carnegie Hall. Its first and only archivist, he is the concert hall’s walking encyclopedia, a catalog of everything from encounters with legendary artists and landmark performances to obscure facts about the building and behind-the-scenes trivia. But the position is one that he never would have envisioned for himself when he came to New York with dreams of performing on the stage.

Keep reading “Maestro of Memories” …

"Their really high levels of underemployment and unemployment will haunt young people for at least another decade."

Generation Rent: How Our American Dream Is Different from Our Parents’ We should also draw our attention toward the affordable housing movement, which puts pressure on local governments to expand rent-controlled and rent-stabilized apartments… That will take political muscle, as requirements and perspectives for “affordable housing” are very strict… …as well as supporting the traditional concept of co-ops—nonprofit complexes that require very small equity payments. When there is some assurance that your rent won’t all of a sudden go through the roof when you’re 70, making a huge property investment doesn’t seem so vital. It doesn’t feel good to have fewer economic opportunities than our parents. But maybe the prospect of long-term renting is a reality check that’ll force us to shift our priorities a little.

Generation Rent: How Our American Dream Is Different from Our Parents’

We should also draw our attention toward the affordable housing movement, which puts pressure on local governments to expand rent-controlled and rent-stabilized apartments…

That will take political muscle, as requirements and perspectives for “affordable housing” are very strict…

…as well as supporting the traditional concept of co-ops—nonprofit complexes that require very small equity payments. When there is some assurance that your rent won’t all of a sudden go through the roof when you’re 70, making a huge property investment doesn’t seem so vital. It doesn’t feel good to have fewer economic opportunities than our parents. But maybe the prospect of long-term renting is a reality check that’ll force us to shift our priorities a little.

Putting nectarine/peach custard into the oven…crazy cheap dessert and a yummy, no-preservative-or-questionable-ingredient choice for working late nights on your latest venture. We did this by taste (and omitted the pie crust) but I found a comparable recipe on eHow (please ignore the ironic ready-made dessert advertisements if you see them). Just six ingredients, plus your sweet tooth: 1 9-inch pie crust, uncooked ¾ c sugar ¼ c flour 4 - 6 peaches, sliced (more, if peaches are small) ¾ c half and half Cinnamon

Putting nectarine/peach custard into the oven…crazy cheap dessert and a yummy, no-preservative-or-questionable-ingredient choice for working late nights on your latest venture.

We did this by taste (and omitted the pie crust) but I found a comparable recipe on eHow (please ignore the ironic ready-made dessert advertisements if you see them). Just six ingredients, plus your sweet tooth:

  • 1 9-inch pie crust, uncooked
  • ¾ c sugar
  • ¼ c flour
  • 4 - 6 peaches, sliced (more, if peaches are small)
  • ¾ c half and half
  • Cinnamon
What is the creative class (and why should we care?) The Creative Class is a socioeconomic class that economist and social scientist Richard Florida, a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, identifies as a key driving force for economic development of post-industrial cities in the United States. The creative class and creative economy monikers were coined on rec.arts.fine usenet group on the internet in 1994 - 1998 by artist Mattison Fitzgerald. Now we see a burgeoning of her thesis all over the creative arts world. Florida describes the Creative Class as comprising 40 million workers—30 percent of the U.S. workforce—and breaks the class into two broad sections, derived from Standard Occupational Classification System codes: Super-Creative Core: This group comprises about 12 percent of all U.S. jobs. It includes a wide range of occupations (e.g. science, engineering, education, computer programming, research), with arts, design, and media workers forming a small subset. Florida considers those belonging to this group to “fully engage in the creative process” (2002, p. 69). The Super-Creative Core is considered innovative, creating commercial products and consumer goods. The primary job function of its members is to be creative and innovative. “Along with problem solving, their work may entail problem finding” (Florida, 2002, p. 69). Creative Professionals: These professionals are the classic knowledge-based workers and include those working in healthcare, business and finance, the legal sector, and education. They “draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems” using higher degrees of education to do so (Florida, 2002). In addition to these two main groups of creative people, the usually much smaller group of Bohemians is also included in the Creative Class. Florida concludes that the Creative Class will be the leading force of growth in the economy, and is expected to grow by over 10 million jobs in the next decade.

What is the creative class (and why should we care?)

The Creative Class is a socioeconomic class that economist and social scientist Richard Florida, a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, identifies as a key driving force for economic development of post-industrial cities in the United States. The creative class and creative economy monikers were coined on rec.arts.fine usenet group on the internet in 1994 - 1998 by artist Mattison Fitzgerald. Now we see a burgeoning of her thesis all over the creative arts world.

Florida describes the Creative Class as comprising 40 million workers—30 percent of the U.S. workforce—and breaks the class into two broad sections, derived from Standard Occupational Classification System codes:

  • Super-Creative Core: This group comprises about 12 percent of all U.S. jobs. It includes a wide range of occupations (e.g. science, engineering, education, computer programming, research), with arts, design, and media workers forming a small subset. Florida considers those belonging to this group to “fully engage in the creative process” (2002, p. 69). The Super-Creative Core is considered innovative, creating commercial products and consumer goods. The primary job function of its members is to be creative and innovative. “Along with problem solving, their work may entail problem finding” (Florida, 2002, p. 69).
  • Creative Professionals: These professionals are the classic knowledge-based workers and include those working in healthcare, business and finance, the legal sector, and education. They “draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems” using higher degrees of education to do so (Florida, 2002).

In addition to these two main groups of creative people, the usually much smaller group of Bohemians is also included in the Creative Class.

Florida concludes that the Creative Class will be the leading force of growth in the economy, and is expected to grow by over 10 million jobs in the next decade.

A worker-owned business in Portland has created an awesome community with the  concept of “community-supported kitchens”: Local Sprouts Cooperative focuses on cooking local food and connecting people through sharing food, mutual support, and knowledge and developing local self-reliance. We have six branches: Local Sprouts Cafe, Community Food and Learning Projects, Catering, Community Supported Kitchen, Local Foods Retail and Vending. Local Sprouts Cafe: Local Sprouts Cafe opened in June of 2010 and is a place for people to enjoy delicious local food, get adrink, work on projects, access free wi-fi, purchase local food products and enjoy community programs and entertainment.

A worker-owned business in Portland has created an awesome community with the  concept of “community-supported kitchens”:

Local Sprouts Cooperative focuses on cooking local food and connecting people through sharing food, mutual support, and knowledge and developing local self-reliance. We have six branches: Local Sprouts Cafe, Community Food and Learning Projects, Catering, Community Supported Kitchen, Local Foods Retail and Vending.

Local Sprouts Cafe: Local Sprouts Cafe opened in June of 2010 and is a place for people to enjoy delicious local food, get adrink, work on projects, access free wi-fi, purchase local food products and enjoy community programs and entertainment.

The Rise of the Slacker Strata we began wondering what the opposite of the creative class might be: The Boring Bourgeoisie? The Insipid Intelligentsia? The Lackluster Lineage? The Dull Derivation? The Mundane Moiety? Apologies, but once you get started it is hard to stop. Nonetheless, this visualizes an intriguing relationship, leading us to make an initial hypothesis that these two goods largely act as substitutes to one another, at least when considered at the macro-scale. This idea, of course, still needs testing so hold off on any public policy decisions!

The Rise of the Slacker Strata

we began wondering what the opposite of the creative class might be: The Boring Bourgeoisie? The Insipid Intelligentsia? The Lackluster Lineage? The Dull Derivation? The Mundane Moiety? Apologies, but once you get started it is hard to stop.

Nonetheless, this visualizes an intriguing relationship, leading us to make an initial hypothesis that these two goods largely act as substitutes to one another, at least when considered at the macro-scale. This idea, of course, still needs testing so hold off on any public policy decisions!

Disruptive $19/Month Cell Phone Plan Carrier Republic Wireless To Sell Handsets For $99 Until November 27 According to TechCrunch, “the service will use special handsets that take advantage of Wifi networks whenever possible, and will fallback to a ‘normal’ cellular connection whenever Wifi isn’t available.” ..Talk about low overhead!

Disruptive $19/Month Cell Phone Plan Carrier Republic Wireless To Sell Handsets For $99 Until November 27

According to TechCrunch, “the service will use special handsets that take advantage of Wifi networks whenever possible, and will fallback to a ‘normal’ cellular connection whenever Wifi isn’t available.” ..Talk about low overhead!

I’ve never seen this sort of scam before, and the consequences will remain unclear as I haven’t clicked any links (and won’t). Not sure when/why it came in as I haven’t applied for any positions listed in this less-than-official “letter of interest” (shall we call it?). It’s wordy, complex, and yet refreshingly ignorant. I hope people don’t fall for this, as there are some pretty obvious “oops” moments in this novel of an offer. My favorites are the @hotmail address, horrific grammar, and the troubling fact that they never bother to identify their so-called company. It’s likely that they haven’t any more sense than their would-be victims.

I’ve never seen this sort of scam before, and the consequences will remain unclear as I haven’t clicked any links (and won’t). Not sure when/why it came in as I haven’t applied for any positions listed in this less-than-official “letter of interest” (shall we call it?). It’s wordy, complex, and yet refreshingly ignorant. I hope people don’t fall for this, as there are some pretty obvious “oops” moments in this novel of an offer. My favorites are the @hotmail address, horrific grammar, and the troubling fact that they never bother to identify their so-called company. It’s likely that they haven’t any more sense than their would-be victims.