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Yet gadgets don't have to get in the way of love. Marcus Colombano, a managing partner at a San Francisco tech consulting firm, is also a self-described gadget hound. He's set up his home media center so he can control his music streaming with a Palm TX. On a recent trip to Napa Valley, he watched the Italy-U.S. soccer game on his Treo 700w by streaming the video from a Slingbox at home--which streams media to any number of devices via the Internet. (For the record, he was in the passenger seat.) Timbuk2
Store As a testament to their continued commitment to their home-base in San Francisco (all their bags are manufactured at their own factory) there's an ongoing rotation of artist customized canvas bags, often from local street art stars. The space was conceived by Avantgarde, designed by William Duff, Architects and includes fabrications by Linden (the dudes who's workshop is behind the Blue Bottle Coffee kiosk). All locals. Timbuk2:
Fashionably Functional Bags Both the fashionable and quality-conscious can now get their fixes at the Hayes Valley boutique for Timbuk2's trademark messenger bags in one-of-a-kind incantations, as well as other exclusives not available at other retail outlets or even on the Timbuk2 web site. Though the brand's popularity is widespread today in a variety of demographics, the bags' reputation and loyal following started among hard working bicycle messengers and cycling enthusiasts who needed rugged bags in which to courier their goods. Despite being a ubiquitous fashion accessory for both men and women, many urban bicyclists still swear by the quality symbolized by Timbuk2's distinctive "swirl" logo and classic three-panel design. And a note to the hombres: these messenger bags won't detract from your manly look like many murses (man purses) can. Custom
Canvas: It's all in the bag for Timbuk2 Last month, the company opened a store on Hayes Street, where for $100 to $250, patrons can customize a shoulder bag with anything from old jeans to printed fabrics designed by local artist Thorina Rose. Creative, urban types can design one-of-a-kind messenger-style or laptop bags using a collection of Davina Melange wools and other durable upholstery fabrics from the Manhattan company Maharam, known for its elaborate textiles. The store offers funky color and pattern combinations not available on the company's Web site or at the sporting retailers that carry Timbuk2's regular product line, which sells for $50-$100. Timbuk2
Opens First Retail Store in San Francisco Designed to celebrate the creative energy of San Francisco and local manufacturing, the new Timbuk2 store will feature one-of-kind and limited edition extra-small, small and medium classic messenger-style bags made of specialty fabrics and unique color combinations that are not part of the company�s current wholesale offerings. The store will also feature an ongoing display of artist original canvas bags that currently features six local artists. TED
Gift Bag: Totally sustainable, quite cool I thought I'd follow David Hornik's post about the gift bag loot, with a note on the bag itself ... We're proud to say that this year's gift bag is the first totally sustainable messenger bag produced by Timbuk2. Its genesis is a great TED story ... Gadgets
of the Rich and Famous You just can't buy exposure like this. Or can you? Electronics companies have realized that brokering ties with celebs is worth budgeting for. Palm hired Avantgarde, a San Francisco-based marketing firm, which got Peter Gabriel, Buzz Aldrin, and the hipsters in Lady�tron dialed in to the Treo 650. Being
online means you will be attacked by intruders If your computer is connected to the Internet, especially by a broadband connection, it's being almost constantly probed by malicious hackers who are looking to enslave machines and use them to send spam, steal consumers' identities or launch "denial of service" attacks against computer networks. Clean
System to Zombie Bot in Four Minutes According to the latest study by USA Today and Avantgarde, it takes less than 4 minutes for an unpatched Windows XP SP1 system to become part of a botnet. Unprotected
PCs can be hijacked in minutes Surfing the Web has never been more risky. Simply connecting to the Internet — and doing nothing else — exposes your PC to non-stop, automated break-in attempts by intruders looking to take control of your machine surreptitiously. Those are key findings of a test conducted by USA TODAY and Avantgarde, a San Francisco tech marketing and design firm. The experiment involved monitoring six "honeypot" computers for two weeks — set up to see what kind of malicious traffic they would attract. The
Royal Gadgeteers Companies want to know what ‘influencers’ think about their latest gizmos. Palm's
Celebrity Guests Lou Reed, one of the founders of the Velvet Underground and the author of a number of rock classics, recently suffered a personal loss: His Treo 600 got killed in a traffic accident TED
2004 Interview Want to create "buzz" about a new product? Go to Marcus Colombano, he's one of the premier influence marketers in the country. PalmOne choose Marcus to seed TED with the Treo600 phone. TEDizens will then seed the world. Anatomy
of a Buzz Campaign Before Handspring could get customers talking on the Treo 600, it had to get them talking about it. |
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