Due to recent growth we have moved from our location on Broadway to a smart office on the corner of Broome & Greene Streets in SoHo in New York City. We now have an office that we can grow to a size of about 40…

The New York Times recently profiled Sophie Blackall, a Brooklyn-based illustrator who has turned the musings of Craigslist’s Missed Connections into an art form.

Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Every Wednesday, Behance shares 5 fresh art and design projects from their network with PSFK.

Perhaps the most ironic newspaper death in recent memory, the business-cum-media experiment Printed Blog will go the way of so many of its peers after sixteen issues, shuttering permanently. The Printed Blog’s founder, Joshua Karp, hoped that tightly-localized content provided by neighborhood bloggers would draw advertisers hoping to reach specific demographics—mimicking the (relative) success of smaller papers in the wake of the general death throes of print journalism. In the end, the hope that people would turn out to pay for a physical copy of the same content they could get online for free failed to materialize, as did any [...]

A quick report from the UK where I witnessed another example of the changing face of news gathering and news reporting The first time I heard the news of Michael Jackson’s death was through news reports on the Sky News cable channel here last night. Although they couldn’t confirm what had happened they were reading on-air reports about what was being reported directly on a Los Angeles based entertainment blog- not an official news service!

Skimming through Forbes list of the Top 25 Most Influential Personalities on the Web Today, we were struck by the common thread running through some of the best blogs today. Pundits like Guy Kawasaki, Jeff Jarvis and Steve Rubel have all led the pack of aspiring bloggers by sharing a similar approach: they share all they know. From a professional standpoint, sharing your newest Marketing or PR innovations freely on the web doesn’t make a lot of sense. Any competitive advantage you may have had is lost to the public once these ideas live online, right?
Maybe not. We need to [...]

Agent Provocateur, the opulent lingerie brand, has ruffled some feathers with their latest promotional escapade.  In a series of events leading up to Valentine’s Day, Agent Provocateur has partnered with the private equity group 3i to host some men-only preview “presentations.”  The hush-hush events are targeted at investment bankers and give the securely wealthy a chance to brush elbows (amongst other body parts) with lingerie models.
The obvious poor timing of targeting bankers during a recession that the financial sector helped produce has caused some backlash, but the real criticism has come from the men-only invitations.  The company defended their policy [...]

We’ve found Robert Scoble’s recent post on how to social network when you’re laid off very relevant to our discussion regarding the future of work, and the emerging culture of perma-freelancing. The prolific blogger lays out 19 rock solid points of advice for anyone looking for work in this networked age. He emphasizes the need to focus all your online activities towards being the person who’s qualified for the job you’re looking for. This means maintaining a web presence with solid material based around your field – as he says: if you’re a plumber, post information about plumbing. He also [...]

Kobe Bryant, one of the most popular NBA players in China, looks to grow his popularity with a new bilingual blog in China.  Danwei points us to the Chinese / English blog that launched this week on Sina.com, one of the largest Internet portals in China.  Within two days, Kobe’s first blog had accumulated 120,000+ views and 4800+ comments.
In his first posting, Kobe discusses how the bilingual blog will connect him with his Chinese fans:
I feel this blog really gives me the chance to connect directly with all of you — my Chinese fans.  It’s kinda like staying close to [...]

Nick Denton and his Gawker Media blog network have sold one of their blogs to the group who produce Consumer Reports. The Consumers Union has bought Consumerists – a site that championed shoppers’ rights and highlighted corporate wrongdoing. Although it gained a large audience under Gawker stewardship, it failed to fit in with the networks plans (and maybe their revenue model) and therefore offered it up for sale back in November 08.
PaidContent.Org has some interesting commentary on the move here
Consumerist

Björn Jeffery runs one of the most popular web-blogs in Sweden, Manolo.se. In a short period of time the Swedish language site has picked up traffic, admirers and awards. IF…

EFF have created a guide, compiling a number of FAQs designed to help bloggers understand their rights and, if necessary, “defend their freedom”.
EFF insist that the guide isn’t a substitute for, nor does it constitute, legal advice. The goal here is to give the blogger a basic roadmap to the legal issues that may confront a blogger, to let a blogger know they have rights, and to encourage them to blog freely with the knowledge that their legitimate speech is protected.
EFF Guide