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Taste Palace
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Found an amazing place right outside of Siena where they grow sangiovese, olives, fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts… all in balance or promiscuo as they say. Not a vineyard, not a farm… I call it a taste palace, maybe there’s a better name out there. I might work with them to install a major solar setup and some biohydrogen generating algae ponds. In my dreams, right?
Tags: algae, almonds, apples, apricots, basil, biohydrogen, cabbage, carrots, celery, chestnuts, figs, Japanese medlar, olives, onions, peaches, pears, peppers, plums, pomegranate, rosemary, salivia, Sangiovese, Solar energy, thyme, tomatoes, walnuts
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Can iKan revolutionize home consumption?
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
A good buddy of mine recently brought my attention to a cool new company he’s been working with called iKan. He’s helping them develop a scalable business model for their flagship product, a counter top pod that
allows you to scan your food items and create grocery lists. It scans your items with a UPC barcode scanner and wirelessly logs them into an online account, from which you can place orders with online grocers or print out a shopping list to take to your local store. Furthermore, it has great voice recognition software that allows you to simply say the name of the item in the event that there’s no barcode. iKan surely has the ability to revolutionize home grocery shopping, and yet, with a well executed user interface, it could offer so much more.
Tags: grocery shopping, HEMS, home energy management, home shopping, iKan, News, Recycle Bank, Recycling, Shopping list, sustainability, UPC scanner, User Interface
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Ecovative Design Wins PICNIC Green Challenge 2008!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
I’m so excited for our friends at Ecovative Design. They have recently won the € 500,000 grand prize at the PICNIC Green Challenge in Amsterdam a few weeks ago. I’m absolutely ecstatic for Eben and his partners!
Tags: clean tech, Ecovative Design, Energy, Greensulate, grow, insulator, living product, mycelium, PICNIC Green Challenge, sustainability, sustainable products, zero emissions
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West Coast Green – How my life changed this week
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Tags: About, clean tech, eco-capitalism, Energy, global conciousness, News, renewable energy, sustainability, west coast green
Posted in Art, Business, Culture, Design, Dining, Energy, Events, Family, Food, Industry, Labels, Lifestyle, Love, Marketing, Millennials, Music, News, Passion, Stories, Technology, Thoughts, Travel, Wine/11 | Comments Off
What’s in a label?
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Wine labels will do it. How many times have you bought a wine because of its label? I know I have. Be it creative or just familiar, labels can make or break the wines sales. And I will admit right now that I have bought some ridiculously designed and named wines. There was ‘Bitch’, which had a pink label in black lettering. Don’t get me wrong, it was well priced and a quite enjoyable Grenache from Australia. Why did I buy it? Because my friend and I thought it was funny. A few weeks later I was back in that same wine store and I witnessed the same scene, two friends walk up the counter to purchase their wines and see ‘Bitch’ conveniently located at the register. The one friend turns to the other and starts laughing and they immediately pick it up and add it to their pile. Smart product placing.
Tags: Branham Estate, Design, Jazz, label
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