Behind the scenes with Lucire founder and publisher Jack Yan, with an appeal for a family in Gaza, the difficulties of becoming an Amazon seller, and the hopelessness of AI-written stories […]
February 26, 2024/9.20
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Our Mastodon account was suspended, then reinstated—here’s what we learned
November 17, 2022/22.15
That was a learning experience that was positive overall, as our five-year-old home at Mastodon.art was temporarily suspended—revealing the pros and cons with having an account on a Mastodon instance, or server, writes Jack Yan […]
Publisher’s diary: Feedspot’s top 50, computers in cars, and a new mayor
October 12, 2022/0.59
Founder and publisher Jack Yan with a summary of recent events, beginning with Lucire’s surprise appearance on a top-50 fashion magazines’ list […]
Hoshinoya smartphone app monitors onsen crowd size
July 1, 2020/10.59
Karuizawa, one of the 15 resorts where the new app is first deployed In response to the coronavirus, Hoshinoya Resorts has rolled out a new smartphone app at 15 properties, which monitors the size of crowds at their popular onsen, public hot springs. Onsen, which is one of the highlights of going to a […]
Sophie Morris live-streams Songs and Stories from the Stage concert on June 18
June 15, 2020/22.47
Singer, actor and presenter Sophie Morris will present a live-streamed performance, Songs and Stories from the Stage, from her living room on Thursday, June 18, at 7.30 p.m. NZST (0730 GMT, 8.30 a.m. British summer time), in partnership with Boosted NZ Live. The show will appear on Boosted and on Morris’s Facebook page. Morris, […]
Naersiling takes its autumn–winter 2020–1 show live online
May 5, 2020/7.26
China may be opening up but there are still parties being very cautious, such as the Shenzhen-based fashion label Naersiling. Part of EEKA Fashion Holdings, Naersiling held its autumn–winter 2020–1 show virtually, and live. The collection, loosely translated as Urban Shadowcatcher, was based around the metropolis, its architecture, and the shadows and reflections that […]
Letter from the Veneto, April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020/11.01
Top: Webcam view of Piazza San Marco, April 15, 2020. Above: Nature is taking back its territory. At left, the paper sign taped to the dock reads, ‘Caution! Duck eggs.’ In the background of the photo at left, you can see the controversial Calatrava Bridge. At right, a pair of germano reale (wild ducks) have […]
Arthur Chen unveils Tissot’s newest range in webcast
April 9, 2020/9.32
Arthur Chen, Tissot’s newest spokesman, has released the company’s latest Chrono XL range in a live webcast from Beijing. A casually dressed Chen, resting on a sofa, described the new range with words like daring, unique, wonderful, and unlimited, with one of the promotional images from Tissot’s new campaign behind him. Chen talked in […]
Rimmel London officially kicks off its anti-cyberbullying campaign with Rita Ora at launch
November 11, 2018/22.10
As previewed in October, Rimmel has officially kicked off its I Will Not Be Deleted campaign (hashtag #IWillNotBeDeleted), highlighting and combatting cyberbullying around individuals’ personal appearances. Rimmel London ambassador Rita Ora was on hand for the start of the campaign. Fellow ambassador Cara Delevingne supports the campaign and had appeared at the earlier launch. […]
Sonality, a new clothing brand, allows anyone to be a designer
September 11, 2018/13.22
Sonality, a new fashion brand, puts the power of design into the hands of the market-place: everyone can be a designer, with their designs printed using foils, velvets or digital printing, on to ethically sourced, fairly traded organic cotton clothing. The brainchild of Dipe Rajani, users head to www.sonality.co.uk, choose the colour of the […]
