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On My Radar: Getty’s Growing Flickr Collection

April 13, 2009

On March 10 of this year, Getty officially launched their partnership with Flickr for the purpose of creating a database of photos intended for commercial licensing – to the delight of many aspiring photojournalists.
They’ve since doubled their collection, handpicking original, uniquely personal images from Flickr photographers all over the world and making them available exclusively [...]

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Look Out, YouTube: Here Comes Facebook

December 5, 2008

Chris Putnam, software engineer at Facebook who runs the video team, talks about its new HD video feature.

Lowering HD cameras prices coupled with overall markdowns to lure shoppers means there is going to be a significant change in what constitutes a quality video viewing experience online, in a shorter time than you think. I’m talking [...]

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Goodbye (but not forever) to MTV News Lady Megan Warner

December 5, 2008

I am going to miss a lot of people who were forced to leave MTV, especially my pal Megan.
Aside from being a kick ass digital producer, she was (still is) a friend who always had my back. She is intelligent, reliable, dedicated and a creative person who brought a lot of positive energy to each [...]

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Twitter Pod on Current TV

October 3, 2008

from Current TV:
In today’s over-blogged, hyper-texted, socially networked world, Twitter has once again revolutionized the way young people define their community. In this pod, by vc2 producers Open Content, we meet a superuser who tweets incessantly to hundreds of loyal followers, a father of 5 who tweets as a buxom blonde, a Berkeley student whose [...]

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On My Radar: Jonathan Ames & “Bored to Death”

September 17, 2008

I recently spoke (through the interwebs) with Brooklyn writer Jonathan Ames about his debut graphic novel, “The Alcoholic”.
You can read the full interview and check out a six-page preview of the comic on the Splash Page blog.
Jonathan Ames is an interesting author to me because he writes about topics like love, addiction, identity and sexuality [...]

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On My Radar: The Alcoholic & High Yella Magic

September 3, 2008

- I <3 great minds
I am currently obsessed with two types of visuals – one is an upcoming graphic novel and the other is an independent weekly comic series found online.
Both works tie into identity and social acceptance.
Photos and details after the jump (the images are kind of huge).

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Summer Fun: All Points West Festival

August 11, 2008

This past Saturday I shot interviews at All Points West Festival with the festival organizers, Kings of Leon, The Roots, The Virgins, Animal Collective, Jessica Stam, Gossip Girl’s Jessica Szhor, and Chromeo.
APW is inspired by the historical events that occurred at Liberty State Park, Ellis Island and the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal [...]

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