Archive for 'people'

us open women semifinals – sharapova vs mauresmo

Posted 10 September 2006 | By | Categories: culture, nyc, people | No Comments

Following their display, (September 1–October 31, 2006) the banners will be recycled into tote bags and sold at auction, with proceeds going to scholarship and mentoring programs that benefit students of the visual arts…. All contain passion, thought, and energy—qualities that only emerge when the world’s finest creative minds apply themselves to a brief they truly believe in.Interview with Mark Randall and Tim Tompkins, of the Urban Forest Project.

meteorites: musical and over manhattan

Posted 04 September 2006 | By | Categories: art, culture, emily approved, interconnected, love, music, nyc, passions, people, science, technology, video | 1 Comment

sings my name sweeter than anyone. and jim noir.

xeni’s tibet tech trek

Posted 08 August 2006 | By | Categories: culture, happiness, interconnected, observations, passions, people, technology, travel, video | No Comments

Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing, trekked across India, Tibet and China to explore how technology is changing the lives of Tibetans inside and outside their homeland.Her blog links to each of the radio, print, video and online reports she’s filed from the trip along with all the how-tos of life on the road and reviews of the production hardware and software she tested. Fabulous project!

joel fan’s world keys and other musical notes

Posted 28 June 2006 | By | Categories: consumerism, culture, emily approved, music, people, shopping | No Comments

Even if you haven’t heard of Joel Fan yet, you may have already heard him on Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project. If not, be good to yourself and catch up (with Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet) immediately! He just released his spectacular debut record, World Keys, featuring premieres of compositions from around our beautiful [...]

TEDTalks podcast

Posted 26 June 2006 | By | Categories: culture, design, emily approved, environment, passions, people, science, technology, video | No Comments

I have attended and spoken at many conferences — few have stayed with me like TED.

links for 2006-05-24

Posted 23 May 2006 | By | Categories: culture, food, health, links, music, people, senses, shopping | No Comments

Nina Planck’s new Real Foods markets to open in lower Manhattan next month.

…Appreciative intelligence can be defined as the capability of perceiving the inherent generative potential within a situation at hand.

four women we love to watch

Posted 20 May 2006 | By | Categories: culture, emily approved, people, video | No Comments

Simran Sethi brings us all things energetic on Treehugger TV’s exciting news debut. In addition, she writes and hosts Ethical Markets and raises energy and consciousness on Monday nights in her hatha kundalini fusion yoga class at Equinox, the only context I’m aware of where “breath of fire” is something you want to cultivate. Gayla [...]