Startups
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From Boston: Ain’t No (Bus) Stopping Us Now

Matt Robinson
August 03, 2016

Wanderu helps you follow your own path

As it is the home of the first American subway and other Revolutionary ideas, it may be no surprise that Boston is the home of what may well be the next revolutionary idea in transportation.

Wanderu allows travelers to search for and book bus and rail passages in an ever-growing portion of the planet on one quick and efficient site...

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Startups
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Digital Strategy for Startups

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Dean Landsman
August 03, 2016

Tech startups are all the rage, with digitally powered demand-based services and cloud storage or cloud function initiatives also gathering a great deal of coverage in mainstream media.  Stories emanate out of the Silicon Valley, New York City’s Silicon Alley, Boston’s Rte 128 corridor, Austin, etc., appearing almost daily.  Those tend to be the nerve centers of tech startups, but many other startup business categories exist that are not...

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Tribal
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Native Voices Rising

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JoAnne Dyer
August 01, 2016

In a quiet field beyond a locked chain-link gate not far from Interstate 5 in Salem, Oregon stands a curved, rusty metal sign that says “Chemawa Cemetery.” A thin, rust-colored cross separates the two words, an example of how the Native American spirituality these children were born into—the worlds of their ancestors for tens of thousands of years—was denied to them, even in death.

Hope may be coming for these children and others...

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Media
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George Lois Packs a Punch

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Patricia Vaccarino
August 01, 2016

When legendary ad man George Lois speaks, it is no small thing. His performance is a one-man-show offering us a guided tour through the golden age of popular culture. Hailed as the Golden Greek when he first came on the scene, over the years he’s been honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the Society of Publication Designers (SPD),...

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Arts & Culture
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Commercial/Editorial Portraiture

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William Lulow
August 01, 2016

Commercial photography is the genre within our business that most often means you are photographing someone or something for the purpose of selling the product or person or disseminating information about it/them! As I have often said, if you are shooting for a publication, you need first to know the publication, how it uses images and what types of images it needs. When I go on assignment for any publication, and I know who the subject is...

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Tech & Science
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How To Shoot With A Wide Angle Lens

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William Lulow
July 30, 2016

A “wide angle” lens is one where the elements are put together to bend light rays so that the image created encompasses more of the scene. The angle of view is anywhere from a “fisheye” (almost 180 degrees) to roughly 35-40mm (for a full-frame 35mm camera) where the angle of view is around 65-85 degrees. This type of lens will yield an image that shows most of the scene in front of the camera.

Wide angle lenses do several things...

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Books
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PR for People® Book Reviews July 2016

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Barbara McMichael
July 30, 2016

Beauty is in the hand of the mascara wand wielder

Your Beauty Mark – Dita Von Teese Dey Street Books – 400 pp - $45

Grace & Style – Grace Helbig

Touchstone – 240 pp - $19.99

You want to read up on fashion and style? Try these two very different books on for size –

“Your Beauty Mark” is a lavish book by international burlesque star Dita Von Teese.

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Entertainment
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Summertime Blues | The Broadway Beat

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Oliver Roth
July 28, 2016

Nineteen productions have opened on Broadway so far this year – a little over three shows per month. Only one production (a revival of Cats) is opening between now and the end of September.  This isn’t an uncommon situation.  Last year only two shows opened between June and September.  The movie industry churns out a blockbuster every weekend over the summer, what is different about the theater?

(a) The Tony Awards – The...

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