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Field Notes: Get On The Tractor And Drive
Lucila De Alejandro | June 20, 2011
A few years ago, Donald Trump came out with a TV show called The Apprentice. Robin, always a fan of “reality” TV, watched for the first few seasons. I’m sure you are familiar with the
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Shareable Conference Explores the Emerging Share Economy
Contributing Writer | May 25, 2011
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Field Notes: A Turn of Events
Lucila De Alejandro | May 6, 2011
There has been some talk in the office. Discussions. Emails have been exchanged. Texts. It’s not outright panic. Neither is it alarm.
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Field Notes: Welcome to Suzie's Farm
Lucila De Alejandro | April 27, 2011
Hello There.
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Maker Bench Opens Doors, Provides Resources to Tempe Builders
Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University | April 25, 2011
Underneath the technical aspects, the advanced hardware, electric work and engineering, David Uhlman's goal is a simple one.David Uhlman, center, CEO and founder of Maker Bench, talks to event attendees at an event at Hackspace at ASU Skysong in Scottsdale. Maker Bench is a collaborative work space geared toward engineers and builders. Photo by Kyle Patton "Let's just get together and build something," Uhlman says. "Less talking. More doing."
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Celebrating Radical Women Shopkeepers
Scott Ballum | March 8, 2011
In observance of International Women's Day 2011, I began tweeting about some of the amazing and inspiring entrepreneurs we've interviewed since this site launched in 2009. It was a wonderful experience to step back and see the scope and breadth of vital work being done by women all over this country. I am humbled by their contributions and successes, resolve and determination. I'm honored to know them.
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Glashaus Welds Workshops, Studios, and Gallery for Local Artists
Chelsea Batten | March 1, 2011
Matt Devine appears every inch the Southern California artist. Only the rapidity of his speech might give him away as the Bostonian he is, if it wasn't masked by his demeanor, which is cool and expansive as the workspace he's inhabited for the last two years.
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NeighborGoods Helps You Stop Buying, and Start Borrowing
Tiffany Swift | February 21, 2011
We've all been there: holding some item in the checkout lane, irritated to be buying it because we really only need it this once. But we inevitably whip out the credit card, use said item a handful of times at most, and then push it under the bed or into the garage to be forgotten. Waste of space. Waste of money.
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Making Room for Artists at Chicago's LivingRoom
Scott Ballum | January 25, 2011
It’s difficult to know where to begin when describing the Chicago-based real estate business of Abraham McClurg and Annie Coleman. Even their website betrays a bit of their split personality. What’s consistent about their work, though, is its remarkable transparency around their greater goal of making space for local artists and musicians to live, work, perform, exhibit, and enrich their community. Evidence of this service motivation is found in their proactive approach to working with coops and co-housing, as well as the transformation of their own office into an exhibition gallery.
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The Ethereal Community of Food Bloggers
Chelsea Batten | January 24, 2011
If you read food blogs, you might not be surprised (as I was) by how charmingly written some of them are. It seems a great many misbegotten writers have found a way to revive their talent by cataloguing what they ate for dinner. And, between the recipes, many of them make interesting notes on culture, politics, and science--all food-related, naturally. No matter how pithy the blog post, it always centers around a toothsome image of the dish in question, contours caressed by delicate mood lighting.