GEOCITIES, A PIONEER in the development of Internet-based communities, recently celebrated the launch of its first annual “Best Unsigned Bands In America Contest” with a party at New York’s trendy downtown nightspot, Mother. Presented in conjunction with SPIN magazine and sponsored by Intel and RankIt, Visa’s college site, the event attracted the obvious melange of…
Product and furniture designer Alyona Makeeva has cause to celebrate, and did so in classic Alyona style on May 11th at Angelos’s on Houston. She was recently featured as a visionary designer at the International Design Awards (http://www.idesignawards.com) for her famous sleeping-bag-for-two. Take a look at the running animation where the Adam & Eve Bag…
Happy Rainy Friday Cyber Scenesters! Well, I have been remiss in writing and my last missive, on June 25th, was short of skimpy, so herewith I shall attempt to divulge in various and sundry topics. It’s very exciting when people in your path becoming increasingly (and deservedly) successful Case in point is James Sanders who’s…
At the American Museum of Moving Image this past Saturday, March 29th, there was an excellent symposium featuring Sherry Turkle, noted author/digital culture expert; Linda Stone, Director of the Virtual Worlds Group at Microsoft’s Advanced Technology and Research Division; and Scott Kurnit, Founder, The Mining Company. Following are some synopses of their presentations: Turkle argued…