Art is …

July 20, 2008

soho house

Fifteen Things x 2

July 8, 2008

Pike’s Pique

July 2, 2008

I learn that a backlash is brewing against Starbucks Corp. over its Pike Place Roast coffee, which has perked up the company’s sales by attracting new business, but has alienated a small yet vocal group of longtime patrons. (I confess I personally am not a huge fan of the burnt-tasting acidic coffee served by Starbucks).

starbucks

Starbucks has also been bitten on the bum a bit by its own social media site … “I am shocked and disappointed that you have abandoned your original vision,” a poster identified as WestPalm wrote on mystarbucksidea.com, the company’s feedback site. “You need to wake up before it’s too late.” Thousands of votes of support for his stance and others like it helped persuade the company to restore a bold coffee variety to the afternoon lineup at about 900 of its locations.

Interestingly, new coffee varietals are not part of the 2009 plan …

Brave Noob World

June 29, 2008

Ride The City

June 28, 2008

Ride the City

Though it’s arguably inferior to many European cities, New York does have a growing network of relatively safe bike lanes (thanks largely in part to Mayor Mike). “Ride the City”, currently in beta form, is a site launched earlier this month to help aid the process.

ride the city

The blurb on the site explains: “The concept is pretty simple. Just like MapQuest, Google, Microsoft, and other mapping programs, Ride the City finds the shortest distance between two points. But there are two major differences. First, RTC excludes roads that aren’t meant for biking, like the BQE and the Queens Midtown tunnel. Second, RTC tries to locate routes that maximize the use of bike lanes and greenways.”