http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/kill-screen-gaming.html Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:01:19 +0000 PSFK picks the brain of Kill Screen magazine founder, Jamin Warren, about the exciting breadth of the current gaming community and why he thinks that games that affect our moods are the next frontier.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/listening-to-and-reading-nycs-underground-music-scene-of-the-1970s.html Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:25:57 +0000 Will Hermes, author of a history of the city's punk rock, hip-hop, disco, salsa, and loft jazz culture, blends music and story together via Soundcloud.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/wanna-live-forever-turn-your-name-into-a-noun-headlines.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:00:11 +0000 This video outlines people whose names have become nouns, from Jules Leotard to James Watt.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/psfk-asks-the-purple-list-what-are-your-top-three-sources-of-news-information.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:28:41 +0000 PSFK PurpleList experts give their favorite news and information sources and why.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/instagram-and-brands.html Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:54:22 +0000 The company seems to have found the perfect equation of interface ease and slick app packaging to attract not only everyday users, but brands as well.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/frog-design-the-future-of-public-media.html Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:08:41 +0000 Traditional media outlets still struggle to garner financial support from their increasingly fragmented audience. How is public media giant NPR excelling in the face of digital publishing? ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/ed-cotton-lessons-from-aol-starbucks-and-npr.html Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:03:00 +0000 At the recent Wired Business Conference, Steve Case, Howard Schultz and Vivian Schiller talked about the changing world of business and its impact on their brands.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/cut-your-hair-help-the-gulf-oil-spill-clean-up-efforts.html Fri, 14 May 2010 14:48:18 +0000 Nonprofit organization Matter of Trust, whose mission is to "link ideas, spark action and materialize sustainable systems", has come up with a way for people to help with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean up.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/our-10-favorite-android-apps.html Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:00:46 +0000 Here's our list of the 10 Android apps we use the most or that we find really interesting.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/public-radio-player-free-public-radio-for-your-iphone.html Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:10:14 +0000 Public radio has traditionally been one of the few outposts on the AM/FM dial for independent and innovative programming. The advent of streaming radio and podcasts has allowed a wider audience to [...]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/bringing-rockjazz-to-the-fore-eric-lewis-aka-elew.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:41:04 +0000 ‘Rockjazz’ pianist 36-year-old Eric Lewis a.k.a Elew played at TED Long Beach, California, in February this year to an audience that was impressed enough to give him a standing ovation. Elew’s style is difficult to describe. He studied piano as a child and later at the Manhattan School of Music. He then played for the Lincoln Center Jazz Troupe and toured with jazz greats Wynton Marsalis and Cassandra Wilson before breaking off to go it on his own. His individual style – he often stands when he plays, reaches into the piano to pull its strings and contorts his faceRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/npr-backstory-breathing-life-into-old-news.html Thu, 14 May 2009 16:18:45 +0000 Keith Hopper has created an interesting web service called NPR Backstory, that browses Google Hot Trends for popular topics, uses NPR’s API to search it’s archives for related stories, then posts it’s finds automatically to a Twitter account. Though it does not work perfectly yet, it looks like a great tool to re-purpose old news, and flesh out the history of the buzzing news of the day. [NPR Backstory via Christian Science Monitor]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/listen-shepard-fairey-on-nprs-fresh-air.html Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:53:11 +0000 The now iconic image of Barack Obama created by artist Shepard Fairey and based on a photograph taken by AP photographer Mannie Garcia sits at the center of a lawsuit over what constitutes “fair use.” Both men will weigh in on the topic during today’s broadcast of Fresh Air. Although Fairey and Garcia will be appearing in separate segments, we’ll be interested to hear their thoughts on the fine line that exists between “infringement and inspiration.” We feel this discussion is particularly relevant to the online space given the free flowing way that information is appropriated and exchanged.   [viaRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/mix-and-match-podcasts-on-npr.html Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:28:54 +0000 National Public Radio is offering their audience an extra level of functionality by providing a tool that allows user to create personalized podcast feeds that can be uploaded to any mobile device.  This new feature enables listeners to enter their various interests, ranging from general topics like music and politics to more specific subjects like The Beatles and Barack Obama, into search fields that then find and aggregate the clips in one location.  Although relatively easy to use, those seeking the most tailored content will have to spend a little time experimenting with the technology to discover the best mix.Read more...]]>