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Archive for the 'boston' Category
En route to work with venti in hand, my curiosity was piqued by the fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and helicopter in Downtown Crossing (DTX) this morning (note: helicopter was overhead, not actually in DTX).
Now anyone familiar with DTX knows that this is somewhat normal here, but even this spread was slightly excessive for a [...]
SMART, GREEN PAPER GOODS: Two Trick Pony is committed to green design. We work hard to reduce our environmental hoofprint by screen printing all of our paper goods by hand using water-based inks on 100% post consumer recycled paper [Two Trick Pony].
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I had the pleasure of meeting Carrie [...]
re:imagining change
03Dec08Re:Imagining Change – An Introduction to Story-based Strategy
By: Doyle Canning & Patrick Reinsborough
Re:Imagining Change is an interactive and accessible resource guide to smartMeme’s story-based strategy tools and methods. Download 75 pages of ideas, analysis, case studies, and strategies to change your campaign, your community and your world
See for yourself:
Great work smartMeme – and Doyle!!
making sense of the bailout
09Oct08Doyle of smartMeme offers an insightful and thought-provoking reflection on the recent bailout. She sheds light on a challenging topic and makes the case for why things are never going to be the same.
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like this economic meltdown moment is a game-changer. The recent firestorm over the “bailout” [...]
Some very exciting stuff for Emerson, Hub2 and my husband, Colin.
Well, this blog’s back from break to share the exciting news that our course video from last semester, “Re-Imagining Boston City Hall Plaza Using Second Life,” just made it onto the front page at Boston.com under the “Your Videos” section. The exposure has generated over [...]
nanowrimo
19Nov07Thought you were busy? You might think twice when you check out this thrilling (and kooky) initiative in celebration of National Novel Writing Month.
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Oh, and [...]
an assortment of tidbits
18Oct07First up, 7 o’clock Upgrade! Boston event tonight at MassArt
@ Studio for Interrelated Media (North 181)
“Upgrade! Boston is a monthly gathering of artists, curators and the public that fosters dialogue and creates opportunities for collaboration within the new media community.”
This evening’s artist is a PhD candidate from the Department of Architecture at MIT.
Secondly, thought I’d [...]
an environmental quandary
03Oct07I’m anything, but an avid bicyclist. In order to become one I would need to overcome a rather daunting fear – Boston area traffic. This is a leap of faith that I am not quite ready to take. However, I have an affection for those who do bike, and I am quite aware of the [...]
