by natecooper | May 17, 2008 | culture, digital media, media, politics
I’ve been wary in the past about submitting podcasts as blogs because I know its a time investment but I do listen to a lot of them myself and there are episodes every so often that are simply too fantastic not to put out there in the hopes that someone might...
by natecooper | May 8, 2008 | architecture, Brooklyn, cities, culture, new york, politics
A really interesting article about gentrification and how to confront it in new and interesting ways: [link] (via BLAST) What strikes me most about the article is this conception of the influx of young, middle-class into the neighborhood as somehow devouring the...
by natecooper | May 3, 2008 | aesthetics, Brooklyn, culture, photography
Finally made it to the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. It was like a festival as to be expected, food, music, tents but I was sort of surprised at how wondrous it felt. I floated from area to area running into kimono-clad Brooklynites and...
by natecooper | May 3, 2008 | art, culture, politics
This is a brilliant ad campaign from Surfrider .. those dudes who help protect the environment. Above is pictured “Condom Strips”; condoms found on beaches and packaged as seafood. Ads of the World Describes the project: “To put beach pollution...
by natecooper | May 2, 2008 | art, culture, digital media, internet, technology
Adobe has a new collaborative project to get its flash/air platform on as many devices as possible: [link] Stuff like this makes me afraid that Flash just won’t die. Just when CSS was finally catching up in the designer’s imagination as a solid, and more...
by natecooper | May 2, 2008 | art, culture, digital media, internet, photography
“Any photographer with a website should also have a blog. If you don’t, it’s like playing the PGA Tour without a putter – no serious competitor would ever do so.” [link] I quite enjoy this analogy. I’m no (professional) photographer But I agree...