Topic: Interviews
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Publishing and journalism is being radically shaken by new technologies and new forms of consumption. While on one hand- it seems as if the whole industry is being challenged, it's also an era of opportunity. One venture that's looking to the future positively, is The Atavist, who has a new...
We are delighted that Gary Hirsch will be one of our speakers for our Meet the Makers event in NYC on December 3rd. Gary set the crowd alight with his improv pyrotechnics at our last event in SF.Here's a recent email interview I conducted with Gary. 1. There's something about the corporate...
We are really pleased that Ashley Alsup is going to be one of our speakers at our Meet the Makers event on December 3rd. Ashley was one of the leading strategists at Crispin Porter Bogusky and was responsible for some of thinking around BK's Whopper Sacrifice and much more. Ashley is now working as...
Horse Cycles Day 5: Interview with Thomas from torywilliams on Vimeo.The film above is a really nice interview directed by Tory Williams about Thomas Callahan. We are really pleased to have Thomas as one of our speakers at our "Meet the Makers event in NY on December 3rd".Thomas' brand is Horse...
Laura Brunow Miner knows photography and photographers, she's spent the last few months building a truly unique site, Pictory. This is a site that showcases the best in photography and is organized around creatively interesting themes. It's the perfect site to be viewed on large displays and...
Scott Belsky has been blazing a trail with Behance; developing whole new systems and methods for creative thinking and a network dedicated to creative professionals.I caught up with Scott via email and fired across a few questions about Behance and his latest book, "Making Ideas Happen".1. Please...
Having written a post about what brands can learn from San Francisco's Mission Street Food, I decided to track down the founder, Anthony Myint and ask him a few questions.1. Tell us a brief history of how Mission Street Food came into being?The current incarnation of MSF came about in a rather...
A new weeks back, Mike and Maaike (designers of the first Google phone) received a lot attention for their atnmbl project that showed us all how to re-think car design. I recently caught up with Mike Simonian and asked him a few questions.Here's the interview.Can you briefly describe your...
Neil Grimmer of Nest Collective is one of our speakers at Influx Curated on June 11th in San Francisco. Here are Neil's responses to some questions I sent across to him recently.1. Can you briefly describe your background?I’ve spent the majority of my career helping food...
I ran into Josh Kadis at the PSFK's San Francisco conference. We chatted about bike trends and and marketing and I promised to follow-up, so here's an interview we just did.1. Briefly describe your background and what you do now?
I’m a marketing consultant
working mostly in the bicycle...
Mozilla, the folks behind Firefox are at the forefront of 2.0 marketing. They rely on their community to build and market their products and have done some amazing things by taping into their base. Here's a short interview with Paul Kim, VP Marketing, Mozilla Corporation, who explains more.1....
The Monk's Kettle is one of San Francisco's finest beer haunts. They treat beer with a sacredness that's usually reserved only for wine. I was keen to learn more about the place and the inspiration behind it, so I sent an email to Nat Cutler (Managing Partner) and waited for a response. It took...
Dom was a fellow speaker at the Idea Forum in Bucharest the other week. Since Glue is blazing quite a trail in the interactive world at the moment, I thought it was worth asking its technology guru some questions about his job and the changing world of brands in the interactive space. 1. Briefly...
Stiven Kerestegian is a sustainable designer who lives in the South of Chile where he is involved in several projects most of them related to sustainable design. He's also a partner in a full service production and design studio in Santiago and a sustainable product company Essustainable.1. Briefly...
Here is Part Two of the interview I did with Indi Young of Adaptive Path. For a discount on her new book go to the Rosenfeld Media web site, drop Indi's book in the shopping cart (which can be done here: ), and enter the discount code (FOINFL10) for a 10% discount while completing the...