My friend Dan Sullivan (who I have named “the barometer of hip”) wrote me an email dissing brands and the surf clothing industry a while back… It is a topic he and I chat about often… branding, trends, style, culture etc. Here is what he wrote…(in one huge long single sentence with 17 commas… [...]
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There is no such thing as surf clothing.
Posted in creative class, happiness, shoe designer nerdiness, skateboarding, surfing, tagged action sports, action sports clothing, actions sports branding, fashion trends, Simple, simple shoes, skate style, skateboard style, surf brands, surf clothing, surf culture, surf fashion, surf industry, surfer style, trend forecasting, trendsetting on March 12, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Eric Barker
Posted in california cultural anthropology, creative class, Uncategorized, tagged beat culture, Beat generation poetry, Beat poetry, beatnik poetry, Big Sur, Big Sur beatniks, Eric Barker, Nepenthe on December 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
China trajectory
Posted in creative class, tagged Alibaba, Baidu, China, china innovation, China rising, China sustainability, Chinese creative class, Chinese design, chinese entrepreneur, Chinese People, Chinese websites, Creative Class, entrepreneur, Growth of China, innovation, Leader of the world, Paul Fu, Paul Fu Alibaba, QQ, Sustainability, TaoBao on May 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Just over a year ago a website called Taobao.com was ranked 23rd on the web… ie the 23rd most visited website on the net. (Google is 1st, Facebook is 2nd, YouTube is 3rd, Yahoo is 4th, Blogger/Blogspot is 5th etc ) Today Taobao is 14th, up 9 places in the last year. In January of [...]
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