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Jul  The Location and Foundation Located on 29th and Broadway in the Midtown Manhattan Flatiron district, The Ace is a hip hotel in an unhip hood. In what was once the Hotel Breslin and SRO, the landmarked 1904 building has been completely renovated, while maintaining some of the building’s original details from mosaic tiled floors to coffered ceilings. With 258 rooms and 12 floors, Ace NY is the fourth outpost of Seattle’s Ace Hotel mini chain formed in 1999. The most prominent owner, Alex Calderwood, has been praised for starting a “new breed of hotels” and is known for throwing parties for grunge bands like Pearl Jam and opening a very cool barbershop in Seattle. Read more » 1
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In May, I was really fortunate to attend the Future of Web Design conference by Carsonified in London. It was great to see the current state of the industry from Europe, and take a look into the future of web design via my peers. It was also really nice to get some validation from speakers who are successful agency owners, and who have a healthy life-balance to boot. The best part though, was coming home inspired and fired up for web design. I came home with a new bag of tricks to try immediately, and I also gained some new contacts for my LinkedIn network– a few very talented developers who were all eager to help us get our sites up and running. Here are a few of the sessions that really inspired me: “How to Run a Successful Web Design Business” workshop by Paul Boag from Headscape This fun workshop was a full-day affair, with lots of attendee-participation. Boag is hilarious so the day went by pretty fast, and his workshop was packed full of really good advice. He answered a lot of the questions that I had as a designer/CD/partner/owner, and raised other issues that really hadn’t come to mind before. Read more » 1
Jun What is Ad:tech? Ad:tech is an interactive advertising and technology conference and exhibition. Worldwide shows blend keynote speakers, topic driven panels and workshops to provide attendees with the tools and techniques they need to compete in a changing world. Ad:Tech offers Online Marketers, Brands, Agencies, Publishers and Service Providers an opportunity to come together to share, network, learn to do business and of course, drink and get stupid with each other! Ad:Tech San Francisco took place April 19-21 at Moscone Center North. A welcome change from last year’s Moscone West Hall. It was easy to arrange meet ups either at the top or at the bottom of the very large escalators. Those who could not “find” their next meeting were most likely ditched due to some impromptu run-in with a “potentially” more profitable lead. (Sorry, you know it’s true). The Exhibit hall was open on both Tuesday April 20 and Wednesday April 21. What I did notice was that the crowd was much larger on the first day than the second. It seemed that many attendees came in for just the first day of the exhibit hall — a cost-effective approach during tough financial times. Read more » I attended (as I usually do) the Search Engine Strategies Conference (March 22nd-26th) at the New York Hilton. Now in its 11th year, the global SES Conference and Expo Series educates thousands of delegates each year, the show is organized and programmed in cooperation with the SES Advisory Board and SearchEngineWatch.com, the leading authority on Search Engine Marketing. Approximately 5,000 marketers and search engine optimization professionals attend SES New York each year to network and learn about topics such as PPC management, keyword research, SEO, social media, local, mobile, link building, duplicate content, multiple site issues, video optimization, site optimization. Keynote speakers included David Meerman Scott, author of World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas; Avinash Kaushik, author, blogger, analytics evangelist; Google Analytics’ Yusuf Mehdi, Senior Vice President of the Online Audience Business, Bing. Though the hall featured less booths, the attendance was high and those who exhibited took full advantage. The usual Search Engine Marketers were in attendance. What was missing though were the parties. Attendees made their own networking parties instead at the Bridges Bar and Lobby Lounge which were packed into the wee hours. Those that did not exhibit still attended the event to network, making the show a success! If you missed NY this year you may be able to catch up on your Search Engine 101 by attending one of these;
SES San Francisco is a new location for the west coast show, which usually takes place in San Jose. Last year it was seriously challenged by the Affiliate Summit East show which takes place around the same time. Looks like Affiliate Summit East 2010 takes place August 15th-17th. Sigh, choices… -Kia 27
Apr 
One Woman’s iPad Review: It’s Not Just the Name That Stinks
written by Irene in Art & Design, Technology
I looked, but I still haven’t been able to find any reviews from women who have actually used the iPad. So I’m wondering: are women buying this gadget? If they are, are they technophiles or casual tech users? Are they professionals or students? Are female artists and other creative types trying it out as a new means for expressing themselves? I am a female creative professional. And because I enjoy glorious digital displays of art, I am a also a technophile. I can nerd out on entertaining gadgets just as much as the geek boys. But since I’m a working woman, I need my tech toys to not just entertain me – they need to work for me. They also need to work hard, be reliable, and multitask. They have to prove their worth and help me make money if I’m going to drop a few bills on them. Apple claimed the iPad would be “magical and revolutionary.” Really? This device will make my life easier? Make my problems disappear? Put me on the path to wealth and freedom? I wish Apple would qualify their claim because it seems our definitions of “magical” and “revolutionary” differ. So I thought I would see what all the hype was about and if Apple could deliver. I’d have to do some research on the iPad before I could even consider buying one. Read more » 22
Apr
How to Celebrate Earth Day 2010
written by Irene in Business Development, Causes & Giving Back, Green Design, Health & Beauty, Travel
Some argue that Earth Day celebrations have outlived their usefulness, but it has become fairly evident that climate change is real, and its effects on the planet are widespread and devastating. The time to do something about climate change is now. So Earth Day should serve as a means for us to learn new or different ways on how to reduce our impact on the environment. You can go beyond everyday recycling, reducing and reusing. Below are some ideas on how you can go big: For Businesses
Kia and I are very excited to present her brand new wood business cards! These little eco-friendly showpieces are made from sustainably-harvested birch, which are planed into a thin veneer. Cutting them thin like this yields a large quantity of product from a small amount of raw material. The cards were manufactured using very little power and no water, and made by hand in the USA. The cards are sturdy yet flexible and are incredibly smooth. Their thickness is similar to two sheets of 90 lb. cover stock put together. The wood grain varies on each card, which makes each one unique. And ever since it was pointed out that they smell like popsicle sticks, I can’t help but think of summertime treats and heat every time I hold one in my hand. The wood is biodegradable (they can be chipped and used for mulch) so we hope that when you’re done with our cards, you’ll pass them along to a friend, recycle them or use them as mulch. The cards were printed by our friends at Night Owl Paper Goods, who like us, are committed to conserving and protecting the environment. Night Owl replants trees each spring, to replace the ones they’ve used. We appreciate their sourcing and printing processes, and chose to work with them mainly because of their eco-friendly wood products and their environmental policy, but also because their paper goods are just so darned cool. Read more » I love it when artists donate their skills for causes they believe in. I just found this great font released recently by The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA). It was created exclusively for Font Aid IV to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. The font consists entirely of ampersands, to represent the idea of people coming together to help one another. Type designers, graphic designers, and other artists from around the world contributed artwork to the font. The font is being be sold for $20 USD and is available through font distributors Ascender Fonts, Veer, FontShop, and MyFonts — and the distributors will be foregoing all of their commissions from sales of “Coming Together.” All proceeds from the sale of the font will go to Doctors Without Borders, to help with their relief efforts in Haiti. Read more » 22
Feb Last weekend Kia and I attended the Social Entrepreneurship Forum sponsored by the USC Marshall School of Business. It promised to be “an inspirational day of learning and discussion about successful social entrepreneurship models, marketing and financing a business.” To be honest, before this event I didn’t realize that the term “Social Entrepreneur” existed and was intrigued by the idea. What is a Social Entrepreneur, you ask? Well, these types of entrepreneurs pursue their goal of ‘more-than-profit’ business models by combining a focus of adding-value to society to their business operations. Read more » 23
Jan The recent Affiliate Summit show in Vegas allowed me to try out the Palms Place Hotel and Spa. A 47 -story glass tower, the Palms Place is encircled by LED sticks and was designed by Toronto-based design firm Yabu Pushelberg, and built by architect Jon Jerde. The hotel’s look incorporates high tech and hand-crafted artwork featuring fine materials like honed slate flooring, marble surfaces and wood accents. The ceiling in the Rojo Lounge even incorporates a strip of gold. The Rooms The 599 studio, one-bedroom and penthouse suites are fully furnished and boast incredible views of Las Vegas. The studios measure 600 square feet and include hardwood and marble flooring, 9-foot ceilings, two flat-screen televisions, a fully-stocked state-of-the-art kitchen, plenty of closet space, a balcony, king-sized bed and queen sleeper sofa. About designing Palms Place, Yabu Pushelberg said, “The Palms is about feeling sexy, but in a subtle way. It’s not all tits and ass everywhere – that the patrons can bring.” « Older Entries Theme design by Chix Creative. Powered by WordPress. |
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Apple’s new toy seems to have excited a lot of people since its release. Those people are probably men, and men with enough dough to drop on a shiny new luxury gadget that promises endless hours of portable entertainment. 
Even though “Earth Day” smacks of some nouveau-hippy’s lightbulb moment, it was actually founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin back in 1969, as a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. 
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