We went to Beirut to film a TV show about the city’s newly vibrant culinary and cultural scene. Then the bombs started falling, and we could only stand on the barricades of our hotel balcony and watch it all disappear — again.
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Foursquare, a popular startup that lets people share their location with friends through a mobile app, is working with production company Endemol USA to create a television series.
Foursquare in Deal to Create TV Series Based on It - NYTimes.com
Has no one talked to the folks at Foursquare about over-exposure?
Foursquare is about to become the Pets.com sock puppet of social media.
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It actually makes a lot of sense, as a food and travel program or something similar to LXTV.
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Anthony Bourdain interview from the Authors@Google series.
What I found when I cleaned out my purse this morning… What a wonderful week :)
Come back soon.
the exhibit we saw at the Nobel Peace center by photographer Jonas Bendiksen called “The Places We Live” will travel soon, and you should definitely check it out if it comes to town… it’s hard to comprehend how some people live, and he was able to capture it so well. I feel that people tend to not accept, or rather - ignore a problem, until they see it for themselves. I believe Jonas will continue to help over times using this tactic, showing people how bad it is - and hopefully we can truly make a difference for the people who will be living on this planet in 2050.
if you want to live in one of these apartments along the river, they estimate it would cost 10,000 Euros / square meter.