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Skate and create

Added by Chaney Given on October 26th, 2011, filed under Creative

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I’ve been a skateboarder for somewhere around 25 years. The people I’ve meet through skating, the subculture I sunk myself into, the search and destroy mentality (which has got me in a little trouble here and there) and the places I’ve visited in the name of riding my board have played a huge role in [...]

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Toyota’s Window to the World Concept

Added by Chaney Given on September 10th, 2011, filed under Technology

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I just stumbled upon an article about a concept Toyota has been working on that they have coined the “Window to the World.”  It’s basically an interactive window for the passengers in the back seat. With the interactive window you can draw using your finger, zoom in on objects, estimate the distance of objects and [...]

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Interactive dining at its finest

Added by Chaney Given on July 25th, 2011, filed under Social Media, Technology

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I just finished reading/viewing an article online about a restaurant in London, named Inamo, that offers interactive dining.  Even before reading a sentence I had started hating on it.  Interactive dining?  I don’t want to have to browse through a website like menu to order my food I want to sit back and relax and [...]

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University of YouTube or YOU of Tube

Added by Chaney Given on May 18th, 2011, filed under Research, Social Media

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Once you sort through all the people trying to make it big with a homemade music video or performing the unimaginably stupid (yet sometimes entertaining) feat, you can actually find a world of useful knowledge.  You want to learn how to do something? Search Youtube. I was talking with a colleague of mine the other [...]

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Do, do, do what you want

Added by Chaney Given on April 21st, 2011, filed under Creative, Culture

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I recently read an article in Communication Arts about someone who was about to go to Rome for an artist's residency.  In the article the writer talked about how she had not been taking the time to practice her skills and as a consequence she was concerned she had lost her touch. This started me [...]

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Red Nose Studios=Inspiration

Added by Chaney Given on February 24th, 2011, filed under Creative

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I originally joined the LGDA to make connections and gain free admission to the  interesting presentations and events they bring to the area.  I’ve been a member for a little while now and so far the most exciting thing I’ve seen is Helvetica, which surprisingly enough, I really enjoyed. Since then they’ve hosted a handful [...]

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3 weeks down

Added by Chaney Given on February 11th, 2011, filed under Culture

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I just finishing my third week here at CurrentMarketing and I’m writing my first blog entry.  I didn’t have any specific topic in mind that I wanted to write about so I thought I’d just start writing about the end of being a full time freelancer and starting out here at CurrentMarketing.   Whether I stay [...]

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