For Cyber Monday, one of my purchases will be (product)red. It is a brand that teams up with other iconic brands to help create awareness and fight against aids in Africa. According to (product)red, 650 babies are born with HIV every day. With your purchase or donation, they can get that number...
[caption id="attachment_12025" align="alignnone" width="790"] Photo on right courtesy of Oliver Seil.[/caption] A few weeks ago, I was asked by my friend James Chu to do a talk for the Art Center Branding Atelier. I don't speak much about my years at Giant Robot magazine these days and branding isn't exactly my specialty. But how could I...
If you're trying to shoot photos with a smartphone, the guys at COOPH made a video on how to shoot interesting photos with cardboard, binoculars, car reflectors, etc. My favorite would have to be the last one because I thought the only way you can shoot underwater photos was through a waterproof case. I was...
Of course, I would eventually meet Sunyoung Lee. She and I dove into indie publishing around the same time and have specialized in digging up and sharing Asian and Asian American culture that isn't lame. And she happens to be the publisher at Kaya Press, which not only released my friend Ed Lin's badass debut...
We're no stranger to a little extra something when it comes to getting music, whether it's bonus tracks or exclusive packaging. It's a simple gimmick, but we've all grown to expect them and now we're living in an evolving marketplace and the gimmicks are too. I've culled 3 different ones that present an interesting take...
My pal Ed Lin was in SoCal last weekend to attend Bouchercon, an annual gathering of mystery writers and fans from around the world. Did you know about that scene? I didn't and and totally should have checked out the annual event because it was based in Long Beach this time around. Crap. Luckily, Ed...
On Thursday Nov. 13th, Mammoth Mountain opened their lifts for people to snowboard and ski down their mountain for their opening day. It looked like a pretty good turn out from looking at the pictures and videos people posted using the hashtag #mammothsopen. For the month of December they are offering a buy one...
[caption id="attachment_11871" align="alignnone" width="790"] Mike Watt & The Second Men (Pic: Tiffiny Harshaw); Jenny Lewis, The Voyager (2014)[/caption] I've known Josh Mills for years now, through his work with the band and our mutual friends Dengue Fever, his music and comedy PR company, and our shared love of L.A. Kings hockey. But nowadays whenever his name...
Every year in the month of November, nonprofit Canstruction will team up with architects and designers to help raise food and awareness for the hungry. They are given 75,000 cans to build a unique sculpture of their own. On the last day, the art is disassembled and donated to City Harvest, so they...
Last week I got an email from my friend Tom Devlin, Creative Director of the Toronto-based indie, arty, and boutique comic publishing imprint Drawn & Quarterly. He was asking if I might answer some questions and contribute some thoughts to a 25th anniversary and hopefully not secret anthology that is slated to come out next...