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• Power Plays™

  Posted on September 3rd, 2009

  Written by locke

  Tags

  Esteem, harry potten, insider, pirates, Power Plays™, subculture, teens, trends, twilight, vamires, werewolves

  Pop Goes the Subculture

  

  We all know Twilight is making some serious cash, and that everyone else is cashing in on the vampire craze too. But, what made it a craze, what came before it, and what’s coming up to battle the vampire out for box office and teen obsessive glory; when subculture and cult classics get re-spun into modern characters, anything can become a pop-subculture smash. Welcome to part one of a three-part look at the world of subculture pop culture.

• Power Plays™

  Posted on August 27th, 2009

  Written by sally

  Tags

  dance party, dancing, fun, headphones, music, party, raves, silent disco, underground

  A Headphone Connection

  

  Silent Raves – they are kinda in the same realm of Flash Mobs, in so far as they are large groups of people who arrange to meet and start dancing in public at certain time.   The difference is that Silent Raves are not choreographed – they are a party where all of the attendees listen [...]

• Power Plays™

  Posted on August 11th, 2009

  Written by adam

  Tags

  Bill Kristol, Cliff May, entertainment, Esteem, Fair, liberal, politics, Powerplays, Republican, The Daily Show

  Jon Stewart: Trust me, I’m a Professional.

  

  A man that has a news show that has been previously preceded by puppets making prank calls and South Park is the most trusted voice in news.

• Power Plays™

  Posted on July 23rd, 2009

  Written by adam

  Tags

  ARG, Disney, entertainment, Esteem, Power Plays™, SDCC, TR2N, Tron, viral

  TR2N may be the next Viral Juggernaut

  

  “Genius, Visionary, Modern Hero. That is Kevin Flynn.” This is the line ringing through the internet at the moment from “FlynnLives.com,” a site that celebrates his works as a visionary in technology and gaming circles-right up until his disappearance in 1989. There is something else peculiar about Kevin Flynn: he’s fictional.

• Power Plays™

  Posted on June 29th, 2009

  Written by sally

  Tags

  funemployment, gen y, humor, lay offs, optimism

  ‘funemployment’

  

  Have you heard these terms? Funemployment, Paycation, The Unemploymentality?

  “A new breed of “happily jobless” 20- and 30-somethings is forgoing the job hunt for travel, golf, and the beach, thanks to severance packages, unemployment checks, or parental largesse. Funemployment may sound “frivolous,” but this mix of “narcissism” and backlash against the corporate world is a statement about America today.

• Power Plays™

  Posted on June 15th, 2009

  Written by sally

  Tags

  business cards, cool, design, Esteem, innovation, inventive, memorable, Power Plays™, representation

  Here’s My Card… Yeah, I’m Awesome.

  

  I put in a Thought about a cool business card and it occurred to me that I have seen a lot of inventive business cards recently…

  So I thought I throw together a Business Card Collection…

• Power Plays™

  Posted on June 9th, 2009

  Written by locke

  Tags

  bugatti, cars, driving, entertainment, Esteem, expensive, luxury, Power Plays™, premium, rental, showoff, veyron

  Rent A Veyron, $25,000 A Day

  

  For those of you that can afford the seven figure price tag on a Bugatti Veyron, congratulations. If you can’t however, and have an extra $25,000 laying around, you can at least drive one for a day.

• Power Plays™

  Posted on March 9th, 2009

  Written by sally

  Tags

  Belonging, design, diesel, dinner, dinner party, entertainment, Esteem, fashion, jeans, Living Vicariously™, marketing, nyc, popular, Power Plays™, window dressing

  Taking ’shoppertainment’ to a New Level

  

  Imagine a store window dressed like a real New York apartment. Now picture a different dinner party each night, hosted by a wide selection of interesting New Yorkers  -all in view of the fascinated general public peering in from the other side of the glass.  Well that’s how Diesel, the Italian jeans brand, celebrated the [...]

• Power Plays™

  Posted on February 6th, 2009

  Written by august

  Tags

  design, electric, Esteem, ev, grreen hot, innovation, mission one, motorcycle, Power Plays™, Safety, technology, ted, transportation, yves behar

  Mission One: World’s Fastest Electric Motorcycle

  

  Unveiled at TED, Mission One is the worlds fastest electric production motorcycle.
  Mission One was Designed by Yves Behar of fuseproject for Mission Motors, a San Franscisco based company that seeks to, “Redefine the world of performance motorcycles” and “Prove to the world that the future of performance is electric.”
  Their press release states,
  With a top speed [...]

• Power Plays™

  Posted on December 22nd, 2008

  Written by admin

  Tags

  airline, airplane, arab, culture, Esteem, Power Plays™, stewardess, well being

  Stewardesses are Symbolic Heros for Arab Women Seeking Independence

  

  The definition of Power Plays™ can differ from culture to culture but, underneath the cultural differences is the same human need for esteem. For a growing number of Arab women, moving to the gulf and becoming a stewardess is an opportunity to work  and experience the world without being under the controlling and watchful eye [...]

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