From the hearts, hands and eyes of those who make up COREY, take a look at some of our thoughtful remembrances of Valentine’s Day.

“For my first Valentine’s Day with my now-husband — a model train collector — I randomly purchased a book about the history of passenger locomotives. The bookstore didn’t have a vast selection of train books; I think I had a choice of three. Having known him for all of 6 weeks, I was not aware of his extensive book collection, nor of his specific interests. I was simply picking out a “train book.”

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Clearly, I have been missing much since 2003 since I only heard about Movember this month. Movember began in 2003 by a bunch of inspired (and brilliant) Australians. Movember is an international movement to bring attention to men’s health issues, mainly prostate and other men’s cancers through individuals growing mustaches.

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Last night, we hosted provocative, engaging and thoughtful discussions around Sprezzatura. Sprezzatura as Castiglione defined it is “…to practice in all things a certain sprezzatura [nonchalance], so as to conceal all art and make whatever is done or said appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it.”

Corey’s spin on Sprezzatura was in full play with stations conducted by:

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Graphic designers love wood type primarily because it is BIG – and sometimes very weird.

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Here’s a compilation of what we think were the most provocative and insightful comments our panelists made at Corey’s 11.3 event on Making The Most with Mobile.

Alex Laats, General Partner, Commonwealth Capital Ventures

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The 2010 Inc. 5000: The Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs – via Inc.

New Kindle Leaves Rivals Farther Back – via The New York Times

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A Bike-Powered Mobile Coffee Shop Brews the Most Sustainable Cup in New York – via MSN’s GOOD Blog

E-Books Fly Beyond Mere Text – via New York Times

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To celebrate the season of sharing, this year we’ve made a contribution to The Food Project in honor of all of our clients past and present. To see what this thoughtful organziation does for communities and youth, visit www.thefoodproject.org

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The title of Richard Lanham’s new book The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information, got my attention. If anything is a “scarce resource” today, it is mental bandwidth, and Lanham makes a powerful case for how much of our economic and social energy is consumed by the effort to attract attention, as we have moved from being an economy based on “stuff” (substance) to an economy based on “fluff” (style). The core skills in this new economy are no longer the physical sciences, engineering and traditional economics – “The arts and letters now stand at the center.” Every chapter of the book is followed by a section of “background conversations” that serve as hyperlinks or extended footnotes, referencing the books and articles informing and elaborating on the main themes. With a background as a scholar in medieval literature, Lanham’s observations are informed by a deep engagement with Western culture, but the writing is lively and never burdened with excessive erudition.

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