Dan Levy is the Editor of Sparksheet. He holds a Master's degree in journalism from Boston University and worked as a research assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where he studied and scribbled about online media. Follow him on Twitter @danjl
With events, social networking platforms and even a boutique agency under its belt, GOOD is much more than a magazine. We spoke to Executive Editor Ann Friedman about what it means to be a media brand “for people who give a damn.”
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Are creativity and commerce two sides of the same coin or different currencies altogether? In this month’s feature article, we asked some of Sparksheet’s favourite designers, musicians, filmmakers, writers and marketers to give their two cents.
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Last year The Boston Globe suddenly shed its old media reputation by launching what’s been called the world’s best-designed news website. We spoke to the Globe’s Digital Design Director, Miranda Mulligan, about design’s role in web…
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Responsive web design is close to our hearts at Sparksheet. Since last summer our own website has been 100% responsive, meaning that it adapts to whatever screen or device you consume it on. The beauty of responsive design is that publishers…
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We all get epiphanies, but why? In his latest book, Imagine: How Creativity Works, Wired editor Jonah Lehrer separates the science from the magic. We spoke with him about his findings.
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When it comes to viral marketing, writes AlphaBird’s Alex Rowland, “success is hard to predict and even harder to replicate.” While hindsight is always 20/20, it’s difficult to know in advance which Man Getting Hit by Football video is going…
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Marketing, retail, entrepreneurship. Journalism, coding, design. This year’s SXSW Interactive had something for everyone who works with digital media. Here’s what we brought back from Austin.
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SXSW Interactive is one of the biggest digital media events in the world and Sparksheet is in Austin for the annual rite. The most surprising story so far? The future of web publishing is yesterday’s news.
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Professor, media consultant, prolific blogger, social media advocate and public speaker. It’s safe to say that Jeff Jarvis wears many hats. This February, the acclaimed internet intellectual came to McGill University in Montreal to speak about…
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As Time Magazine’s Design Director, D.W. Pine has brought the 90-year-old news magazine into the iPad age. We spoke to him about the content/design connection and whether magazine covers really matter any more.
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I don’t think nostalgia is unique to the current era. We always do this, because the past...
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Bob Dylan also said “money doesn’t talk, it swears.”
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#isoj12 may contain more relevant content for this year’s symposium. The hashtag...
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Marika Patel said:
Well written… I’d add in designer tiffins . Would also be interesting to...
Instant Classic: The Rise of Nostalgia Branding
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I hope the trend does not disappear – although, like all things, it will…I’ve...
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