Influx

Thanks to the efforts of David Simon, creator of HBO's critically acclaimed series "The Wire", New Orleans is going to be back in the cultural spotlight with his new series for HBO "Treme". Simon examines one of the most unique cultures in America by looking at the lives of a diverse array of...

Of course, we don't have an infinite capacity for news and information. We seem to need to clear our hard drive quite frequently because we have ADD or we get bored of the issue. Remember the 2000 Election, we just got bored and asked people to make a decision for us. Katrina and New Orleans seems...

Keep this city in your minds over the next few days. One of America's greatest cultural contributors is under threat. I just got this email from the team at the Idea Village- they are getting ready.Dear Friends of The Idea Village - A quick update to let you know that The Idea Village team and...

All Day Buffet has a great list of 100 ideas from post-Katrina New Orleans. It's an incredible list of initiatives coming out of the city that was devastated and forgotten by many after Katrina. However, there's a lot of great stuff happening there and it worth checking out the list and spreading...

I am delighted the Planning for Good initiative is off to a great start having completed its first assignment and presented its ideas to the client.The assignment was to develop thinking for the Idea Village in New Orleans, a non-profit set-up to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurs in the...

New Orleans is on a search for new ideas and the non-profit, the Idea Village is helping make them a reality. A newly established network of 500+ planners, strategists and their friends at Planning for Good are working on brief to help the Idea Village retain, motivate and build a community of...

A few days ago Influx wrote about the A.D. comic strip that tells the story of the Katrina disaster. We tracked down the creative genius behind the idea, Josh Neufeld, for a quick interview. 1. Tell us a little about your background?I am the author of the Xeric Award-winning A Few Perfect...

Comics have invaded Hollywood, their story telling techniques and the characters companies like Marvel created have become big, iconic money generating machines. However, the comic book, the very thing that spawned the cash machine, is seen as passed it’s sell by date; they are big in Japan,...