Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: April 9, 2009
My friend Jessiena, just sent me a link to Hunch. She’s so great, up on what’s cool in digital. (She better, she works at Popular Front. They only like smart people.) So far there’s not much to Hunch – it hasn’t fully launched but has started sending invitations to people who sign up. The landing [...]
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: December 30, 2008
This is what happens when you post thought-provoking life questions in the form of street art. The Poster Public Project challenges people to pause, stop and think. The artist, Elay, asks: Imagine you saw a colour in your dream, which you have never seen before. It doesn’t consist of any colours or shades that you [...]
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: October 26, 2008
How is it that I’ve never seen this? Via someone’s Tumblr, via Ning, I stumbled upon Minneapolis Metblogs. This is just one city-focused blog that is a part of over-arching Metroblogging, “the world’s largest network of city-focused blogs, covering local issues in over 50 cities in the world”. What is Metroblogging? Metroblogging started off [...]
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: February 5, 2008
I just experienced my 1st caucus. A few observations of interest to me: 1. When I drove up to my caucus, I was taken aback by the line. It wrapped around the corner of the church. I was thankful it wasn’t -10 degrees like it has been lately. 2. Once inside, I noticed that 95% [...]
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: February 4, 2008
If you’re planning on going to caucus on Tues. 2/5, consider snapping a few pictures for The Polling Place Photo Project. via The New York Times: “The Polling Place Photo Project is a nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that encourages voters to capture, post and share photographs of this year’s primaries, caucuses and general election. [...]
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: January 29, 2008
Shepard Fairey has created limited edition silkscreens of Barack Obama. At $50 each, they go on sale starting tomorrow (Wed. 1/30). Order yours by emailing info@obeygiant.com and use “OBAMA” in the subject line. via Cool Hunting, Fairey has “an aim to get its iconic image across the nation in time for Super Tuesday (5 February) [...]
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: September 29, 2007
I’m signing up to blog about the environment as part of Blog Action Day. (See Faris post “We Need Each Other” to the right in the pink box or All Day Buffet.) The date is set for 10/15. So far, 6,109 blogs have signed up, which is not counting mine. This initiative asks “What would [...]
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: September 29, 2007
MINI’s teaser site, counting down to the launch of buzz-building 15-second film clips promoting the Clubman. See Contagious post or MINI’s The Other View clock. Also running is their The Other Lunch campaign. Choose from a variety of events (FREE LUNCH included) where you can bone up on some valuable life skills. Why don’t I [...]