http://www.psfk.com Good Ideas Report Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/scotts-pizza-tours-a-niche-tour-for-pizza-fans.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/scotts-pizza-tours-a-niche-tour-for-pizza-fans.html#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:01:08 +0000 Kyana Gordon http://www.psfk.com/?p=57386 Scott Wiener launched Scott's Pizza Tours equipped with three things: a NYC Sightseeing Guide license, an unstoppable hunger, and the ambition to share his favorite slices. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/scotts-pizza-tours-a-niche-tour-for-pizza-fans.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/museum-of-the-american-gangster-will-open-in-new-york-city.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/museum-of-the-american-gangster-will-open-in-new-york-city.html#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:03:51 +0000 Kyana Gordon http://www.psfk.com/?p=57220 Eric Ferrara, the Executive Director of the Lower East Side History Project has announced the Museum of the American Gangster will open in New York City this spring.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/museum-of-the-american-gangster-will-open-in-new-york-city.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/in-defense-of-a-slower-culture.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/in-defense-of-a-slower-culture.html#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:36:47 +0000 Paloma Vazquez http://www.psfk.com/?p=55347 As previously reported by PSFK, a few recent signs indicate that Americans may be growing dissatisfied with the urgent pace that seems to accompany nearly every facet of work and play.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/in-defense-of-a-slower-culture.html/feed 6 http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/grant-mccracken-reading-a-restless-culture.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/grant-mccracken-reading-a-restless-culture.html#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:18:40 +0000 Contributing Writer http://www.psfk.com/?p=54779 Grant McCracken explains the role of a Chief Culture Officer.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/grant-mccracken-reading-a-restless-culture.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/top-facebook-status-update-terms-of-2009.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/top-facebook-status-update-terms-of-2009.html#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:13:19 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=54484 Facebook has released a list of the top status update terms from 2009.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/top-facebook-status-update-terms-of-2009.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/my-mom-the-style-icon.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/my-mom-the-style-icon.html#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:03:56 +0000 Kyana Gordon http://www.psfk.com/?p=54227 My Mom, The Style Icon subverts the tradition of a mother opening an old box of photographs and strolling down memory lane. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/my-mom-the-style-icon.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/pictory-showcases-photography-and-storytelling.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/pictory-showcases-photography-and-storytelling.html#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:25:47 +0000 Kyana Gordon http://www.psfk.com/?p=53906 Pictory is a new online magazine that showcases photographs and the stories behind them.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/pictory-showcases-photography-and-storytelling.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/learn-something-new-everyday.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/learn-something-new-everyday.html#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:03 +0000 Kyana Gordon http://www.psfk.com/?p=52925 Learn Something Every Day is a daily project by UK based design studio Young.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/learn-something-new-everyday.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/our-dying-media-based-cliches.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/our-dying-media-based-cliches.html#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:16:10 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=52710 Steve Rubel has posted an interesting series of images illustrating ten common phrases that are fading from use.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/our-dying-media-based-cliches.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/moving-toward-a-geek-culture.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/moving-toward-a-geek-culture.html#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:58:39 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=50848 Writer / actor John Hodgman has presented an interesting theory about a coming geek-centric future in a recent interview with the Kansas City News. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/moving-toward-a-geek-culture.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/city-life-one-minute-at-a-time.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/city-life-one-minute-at-a-time.html#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:15:34 +0000 Jim Moscater http://www.psfk.com/?p=44970 cityoneminutes is a global web video project that allows you to observe 41 different cities around the world in one-minute intervals.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/city-life-one-minute-at-a-time.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/next-stop-on-barbies-50-year-long-journey-twilight.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/next-stop-on-barbies-50-year-long-journey-twilight.html#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:07:53 +0000 Caleb Kramer http://www.psfk.com/?p=42171 A vampire rendition of Barbie will be used to market an already popular movie adaptation of the Twilight series. The launch of the two doll set will coincide with the opening of its second film this November. This isn’t the first blockbuster that Barbie is … [visit site to read more] © Caleb Kramer for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: barbie, consumerism, culture, Society, twilight Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/next-stop-on-barbies-50-year-long-journey-twilight.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/citysoundsfm-global-online-tunes.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/citysoundsfm-global-online-tunes.html#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:02:51 +0000 Kyana Gordon http://www.psfk.com/?p=41794 Image Credit: Getty Images, Giovanni Carella/Flickr ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/citysoundsfm-global-online-tunes.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/the-flavorpill-50.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/the-flavorpill-50.html#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:10:32 +0000 Allison Mooney http://www.psfk.com/?p=39584 Culture site Flavorpill has always hung its hat on curation—culling cool urban to-dos and telling people about them. Last week, they relaunched their site with a new invite-only listings hub—the Flavorpill 50—that reinforces this tack and adds a new twist.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/the-flavorpill-50.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/word-watch-hand-me-up.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/word-watch-hand-me-up.html#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:33:40 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=39316 Image Credit: Getty Images, T.H. Murphy/Flickr Bruce Sterling points us to a remarkable and … [visit site to read more] © Dan Gould for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: culture, jargon, Language, words Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/word-watch-hand-me-up.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/90-of-waking-hours-spent-staring-at-glowing-rectangles-the-onion.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/90-of-waking-hours-spent-staring-at-glowing-rectangles-the-onion.html#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:18:38 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=35988 The Onion 'reports' that we're spending 90% of our waking hours staring at glowing rectangles...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/90-of-waking-hours-spent-staring-at-glowing-rectangles-the-onion.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/digital-lifeline-homeless-people-and-the-internet.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/digital-lifeline-homeless-people-and-the-internet.html#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:46:37 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=34388 Boing Boing points us to a very interesting Wall Street Journal Article that explores how homeless people are using the Internet. … [visit site to read more] © Dan Gould for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: culture, Homeless, internet, Society Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/digital-lifeline-homeless-people-and-the-internet.html/feed 3 http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/post-consumerism-from-an-era-of-spend-to-emerging-citizen-values.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/post-consumerism-from-an-era-of-spend-to-emerging-citizen-values.html#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:28:11 +0000 Tamara Giltsoff http://www.psfk.com/?p=34084 It was recently suggested by Barack Obama that we should borrow and spend less and save more, not rebuilding the economy on the same sand but instead lay a new foundation for prosperity. It’s not the message consumers, this country, or the rest of the world is used to, particularly in a recession.  For instance, after World War II, amidst the depression, retailing analyst Victor Lebow suggested that “Our enormously productive economy … demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our [...]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/post-consumerism-from-an-era-of-spend-to-emerging-citizen-values.html/feed 3 http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/hard-times-are-back-and-so-is-disco.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/hard-times-are-back-and-so-is-disco.html#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:57:35 +0000 Ruby Pseudo http://www.psfk.com/?p=32413 Just when the economic situation is getting everyone down and dreary, there would appear to be a shiny, glitter-ball of light at the end of the tunnel. … [visit site to read more] © Ruby Pseudo for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: culture, Disco, Disco Bloodbath, london, Music, UK Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/hard-times-are-back-and-so-is-disco.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/peep-insights-athens%e2%80%99s-new-acropolis-museum.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/peep-insights-athens%e2%80%99s-new-acropolis-museum.html#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:50:31 +0000 Maria Vrachnos http://www.psfk.com/?p=31799 ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/peep-insights-athens%e2%80%99s-new-acropolis-museum.html/feed 2