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Our Wed Developer Ryan put this up on the whiteboard and it pretty much sums up the last few weeks here. Testing is wrapping up and next week, we’ll launch some fun new things… fingers crossed.
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Our Wed Developer Ryan put this up on the whiteboard and it pretty much sums up the last few weeks here. Testing is wrapping up and next week, we’ll launch some fun new things… fingers crossed.
Michael Norton: How to buy happiness
Synopsis: At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness — when you don’t spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people. - via TED
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Turns out a better use of your office’s coffee budget might be better spent on an office piñata. Hmmm… could be something for our next team meeting.
First episode of the official Philly Painting Videoblog, made by Jon Kaufman. Watch Reggie Butta, member of the Philly Painting team, introduce the project and his neighborhood around Germantown and Lehigh in North Philly.
After seeing the Favela Painting artists Haas and Hans speak at TEDxPhilly in October we are so excited to start to watch the progress of this project with Mural Arts.
Acrylic, collage, pencil, ink and pen on paper. Tom&James 2011
“Tom and James are two brothers who have influenced and assisted each other in their drawing and painting practice since the very beginning of their lives. James was born in 1977 and Tom was born on 1981 with Downs Syndrome.”
In case you haven’t seen it, take 10 minutes and watch the short film, Caine’s Arcade. Then read about the foundation they created. Your day will be made.
Helicopter views + Philadelphia + tilt-shift = awesomeness
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Some of the team (plus our new friend Rudy Flesher) had some fun with the photobooth at the Spruce Foundation’s “Mad Men” themed gala this past weekend.
Project H.O.M.E. has transformed a former hair salon at Suburban Station into the “Hub of Hope” — a drop-in center for homeless men and women who have resisted moving off the streets in the past.
“We know that with this population, it is important to meet them where they are—both physically and emotionally—to build the trust and support they need to come in from the cold,” says Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder of Project H.O.M.E.”
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City Paper featured our Q&A with Yael Lehmann in their Snack Time post! We feel pretty cool.