When I was was in Brooklyn the other day, I wandered into the powerHouse Arena and was amazed by the quality of their collection, the cool photo exhibiton and the great looks of this store/gallery. powerHouse are the kind of publishers laughing at the fact that the internet is killing publishing as it was. In my opinion these are the guys who have carved a niche for themselves and are thriving.
powerHouse Books is best known for a diverse publishing program — specialized in fine art, documentary, pop culture, fashion, and celebrity books. I was especially struck by the quality of their photo books.
Since the company was founded in 1995 they have built up a massive portfolio of great work. So check out their website for the entire collection, and if you are in the neighborhood head for 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY and see for yourself!
I think this might already be one of greatest discoveries for 2010! Meet Dropbox. Dropbox is a service which allows you to access your files from any computer or phone on any location in the world (with an internet connection of course) and share them with anyone you want.
Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they’ll be instantly available on any of your other computers that you’ve installed Dropbox on (works across Windows, Mac, and Linux). The difference with other sharing services is the ease of use. The interface simply is a new folder on your computer, and the program does the sync. itself. And because copies of your files are stored on Dropbox’s secure servers, you can also access them from any computer or mobile device using the Dropbox website. Furthermore, if you have an iPhone, download the free app and access your files from anywhere you want.
You can also share files with your friend easily, simply by dropping them in your public folder and sending the link to your friend. The same is true for pictures. Create galleries online and share these with your friends (Difference with Facebook: Your friends can actually store the hi-res images on their own computer).
These best thing is you can get a 2 gig account for free! 50 gig costs you $9,99 a month and 100 gig wil set you back $19,99 monthly. A bargain right?
I strongly believe this is the way we will work in the future. We will no longer be bound to one device. You simply log in, and access your latest files on any device you have available. Now go get Dropbox!
October 31st, 2009 | Posted in: movies
Small indie movie Untitled tells the story a of contemporary artist Adrian Jacobs played by Adam Goldberg. He is convinced that anything commercial is valueless untill he and his work are picked up by gallery owner Madeleine Gray (Marley Shelton), revealing in a dry, satiric way what happens when these two world collide. Furthermore it mocks the subjectivity of the art world. Check the trailer below:
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Fun and so true. Go and see it. Already out in the States, and probably in an arthouse theater close to you soon!
