Brooklyn Bugle Sessions: Elisapie
We welcome Canadian singer/songwriter Elisapie as the third performer in our Brooklyn Bugle Sessions. She’s recently released her first…
April 15, 2011-
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Report: Marty Gets his Apple Store
All Marty Markowitz wants in Brooklyn is an Apple Store. Last spring, he created a “viral” video asking Apple…
January 14, 2011 -
Swimming with the Coney Island Polar Bears
Your intrepid correspondent has, in the past, talked a big game about his winter swimming capabilities – but it’s…
January 13, 2011 -
For the Birds: Mike Tyson Returns to Brooklyn
Former heavyweight boxing champion/Brooklyn native Mike Tyson is returning home to Brooklyn. He’ll be the star of Taking on…
January 9, 2011 -
Brooklyn Bugle Sessions: NEeMA
We kick off the first of our Brooklyn Bugle Sessions with Montreal born singer/songwriter NEeMA.
A frequent visitor and lover of Brooklyn Heights, she performs “Elsa’s Lullaby” from her second album , Watching You Think (available now on iTunes) while sitting on a bench outside of Middagh Street’s Van Sickel Salon.
November 29, 2010 -
Brooklyn Bugle Sessions: Coby Grant Performs on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Australian singer/songwriter Coby Grant is our latest guest on Brooklyn Bugle Sessions. She’s in town for the big CMJ confab…
October 27, 2010 -
Brooklyn Tech: Etsy
If the décor of Etsy’s headquarters in DUMBO is any indication of what shoppers can find on its extremely popular website, then those in search of an octopus arm sculpture are in luck. Billed as the only marketplace for buying and selling handmade goods online, Etsy was founded in 2005 by Rob Kalin, Chris Maguire, […]
August 19, 2010
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Brooklyn Tech: Brooklyn Digital Foundry’s Brian Lemond and John Szot
At 11 years old, Brooklyn Digital Foundry is a dinosaur by DUMBO standards. But this self-described “old guard” of the industry remains on the cutting edge of traditional and digital marketing, thanks to the passion of founders Brian Lemond and John Szot, both trained architects in their late 30s who met at the University of […]
June 16, 2010
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Brooklyn Tech: Carrot Creative’s Mike Germano
If it is possible for a person to sit in a chair and bounce off the walls at the same time, then that is exactly what Mike Germano (@mikegermano) did on a recent Monday evening in the DUMBO spot ReBar. But his energy is channeled in the right direction: toward his company, Carrot Creative, and […]
May 14, 2010
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Brooklyn Tech: Pontiflex CEO Zephrin Lasker
You know you’re in Brooklyn, or more specifically in DUMBO, when the conference room at a hugely successful digital marketing and advertising firm is nicknamed “The Dude,” after Jeff Bridges’s immortal character in “The Big Lebowski.” Pontiflex co-Founder and CEO Zephrin Lasker, 38, exudes a similarly laid back vibe. Seated at The Dude’s conference table […]
April 29, 2010
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