This past Friday I got together with the dedicated team behind Nomi Network, a non profit organization working on one of the largest social issues of our time. Their mission: “Leverage the marketplace to eradicate sexual slavery.”
I am not sure people realize the level on which slavery still exists in our world. To [...]
Nomi: Leveraging the Marketplace to Eradicate Sexual Slavery
March 1 10
Nomi: Leverage the Market Place to Eradicate Sexual Slavery
February 28 10
This past Friday I got together with the dedicated team behind Nomi Network, a non profit organization working on one of the largest social issues of our time. Their mission: “Leverage the marketplace to eradicate sexual slavery.”
I am not sure people realize the level on which slavery still exists in our world. To [...]
Water Water Everywhere
February 14 10
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Yesterday the Holstee crew + I headed down to SoHo to grab lunch with some friends. Aside from an inspirational + energizing lunch, we realized an interesting theme that seemed to pop up several times through the day- water.
Aveda had placed sinks outdoors [...]
You are 5 Minutes from Inbox Zero
January 25 10
(cross posted to Incubaker)
The Issue:
I find that I’m most productive when I start the day by jotting down my priorities. If I’m feeling really ‘type a’ I’ll try to budget how long each priority will take and make a schedule with it before responding to email. I include in the sched how long it will [...]
Just created @StopYellowWaste with @daverad … @verizon @attnews it is on
January 23 10
(Cross post from Holstee)
The past couple of weeks brought the annual nationwide delivery of phonebooks. In NYC, we had a week where it was virtually impossible to walk a block with out passing a freshly discarded phonebook waiting to be hauled off to the landfill. Infact, Tree Hugger recently had a great post discussing the [...]
Future of Retail
January 10 10
(This has been cross posted to Incubaker, Sandbox + GOOD)
Increasingly I find people are going into stores with no intention of actually buying anything. They are going to stores to touch, try and ask questions about a product in person then jot down the description of the ones they plan to buy.. so they can [...]
Slow Up in 2010
January 3 10
(cross posted from Holstee’s Blog)The 1st time is an observation, the 2nd a coincidence and the 3rd time means listen up… in 2010 we are hopefully ready to embrace going SLOW.
#1. Slow Food
It seems like the benefits of this movement are finally receiving the very welcomed attention it deserves… 2009 even led to iphone apps [...]
Unexpected impact of social media
June 24 09
I got this feeling tonight that social media outlets (Twitter, fbook, ytube etc) will/ are helping people to realize that their lives are actually pretty interesting compared to that of their idolized ’stars’. Just a hunch… tho hopefully its more than just wishful thinking.
Posted via email from Michael Radparvar
Perfect Trip to California
May 15 09
Though it was only a week long, I had a great trip to california. David (my brother) and I flew in from NYC last friday to surprise our parents for their 30th anniversary party, which was also a suprise [our family is big on surprises- starting when I was 8, my parents decided to plan [...]