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Year: 2009

MSLK Joins in to Help Give Insight to LIC Business

MSLK Joins in to Help Give Insight to LIC Business

We were invited to join a  group of 30 LIC business owners to meet Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber in order to discuss the issues...
Long Island City Starts an Overground Art Movement

Long Island City Starts an Overground Art Movement

Walking around Long Island City's vibrant Steinway street the other night, I noticed some interesting additions to the standard subway grates. These new undulating raised grates appeared to have been...
Apple Keyboard: Cleanliness Does Not Compute

Apple Keyboard: Cleanliness Does Not Compute

For a company so concerned with keeping things neat & tidy, Apple had a long way to go with their keyboard design over the past few years. The big issue...
Sheri Koetting: A Tale of Two Lectures

Sheri Koetting: A Tale of Two Lectures

Last Thursday was a whirlwind day for Sheri. Two talks in one day, in the same building. Her first talk was to the Queens Economic Development Corporation to women business...
Sheri of MSLK is Interviewed About the Importance of Networking

Sheri of MSLK is Interviewed About the Importance of Networking

Sheri, Co-Founder of MSLK and Spark, an organization for independent designers, is interviewed about the importance of networking. “Social Networking—In Person” Design Edge Canada, magazine March/April 2009
Public Service Advertising

Public Service Advertising

Businesses are pulling out all the stops to distance themselves from the tarnished image of corporations that we all have stuck in our heads. In an age where bad news...
Support Earth Hour and Turn the Lights Out This Saturday at 8:30 pm

Support Earth Hour and Turn the Lights Out This Saturday at 8:30 pm

In these tough times it is easy to feel like one person can't make a difference, especially when the difference we are talking about is on a global scale. After...
Breakfast Epiphanies

Breakfast Epiphanies

If you didn't know this already, I am a pathological punster. It's a compulsion I suppress at every level, as puns are best doled out sparingly to the unsuspecting. If...
Innovative Sheep Herding

Innovative Sheep Herding

Proving that any medium can be exciting and innovative, these sheep herders have truly taken things to the next level. These kind of innovative ideas can really only be born...
Snacklish Might Be My New Favorite Word

Snacklish Might Be My New Favorite Word

Do you ever have one of those days where you could eat anything in sight and simply never feel full? On those days I swear I might need a Hungerectomy...