August 14 09
Have you heard about B Corporations? So what is it? It is a certification that allows consumers to know what companies are attempting to be more responsible. B Labs rate companies on 5 points: accountability, community, environment, consumers and employees. See here an example of a rating detail. Companies gain by becoming a B Corp as [...]
August 6 09
Go see the movie The Cove. Watch the trailer above. I did not want to go as I knew it would be hard. This movie will inspire you to eat more responsibly (or to keep up with it).
Posted in Environment
Tagged Activism, Brook Aitken, Charles Hambleton, David Rastovich, dolphins, Greg “Moondog” Mooney, Joseph Chisholm, Kerner Optical, Kirk Krack, Louie Psihoyos, Mandy-Rae Cruickshank, movie, ops, Richard O'Barry, Scott Baker, Simon Hutchins, Sundance, the cove
July 25 09
Probably not. But this plate looks sexy, funny and weird. I like it. It was designed by Martin Zampach from Prague (Czech Republic). If 4 nipples are too much for you, you can go with the cute 3nipples plate. I also love his Tetris-like ice tray below, Iceblox. These are fresh gift ideas.
July 2 09
I just finished printing Cara’s Robot Shirt, red on coal for a local pick up tonight. Looks fantastic. This weekend at Pridefest, we released a couple of new shirts: “Queer” (spelled out in binary code), Wind Turbine and Love Hostage. The 3 of them were very successful at Pridefest and unfortunately for our customers, we [...]
Posted in My Projects
Tagged 2009, be nice, binary code, gay pride, love hostage, manhattan, new shirts, pridefest, queer, ubenice, ubenice.com, wind turbine
June 24 09
For our Pridefest booth this weekend I wanted to find a solution that was gonna be cheap, eco-friendly, and original. So I decided instead of renting or purchasing a classic plastic set (one big table and 2 chairs), I was going to build our solution. It took about two/three days between the design, prototyping, the [...]
June 22 09
So I haven’t been writing this last week as we were getting closer to the release of the new ubenice.com. A fresher look, a new logo, and some new shirts to come this week. Go check this now. Also this coming weekend is The New York City Gay Pride and we will have a booth [...]
June 9 09
Quick post about Jolicloud. First they are French and second, I haven’t had the opportunity to test the product yet. Such a product was expected to see the light at some point, in the line of Zoho, Piwik and all the other existing online tools (I am only citing the ones I respect but obviously [...]
June 9 09
I like when simple things are rethought. Like why has the umbrella not changed much over the years? France just released a series of not so pretty chocolate stamps that smell like chocolate (their smell can last up to two years). They wanted to retrace the history of chocolate. I love you France but you [...]
June 5 09
The other day I discovered this little GTD (“Getting Things Done”) application. It is very raw at its current stage but certainly usable to manage your projects. It is very easy. You have projects and within projects, you have tasks. Pretty basic. You also have what they call “content”, which stand for the categories (which [...]
June 4 09
The French region of Auvergne is pushing people to come and start businesses there. They put up a little microsite about the fun pleasures of working in the city. Stress, conviviality, are au rendez-vous. Go to www.lesurbanophiles.com to watch the videos (in French) also on You Tube: 1. La pèche 2. L’accès au travail (shown [...]