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SEO

CMWorld Session Recap: How to Market Your Content Offsite

How to Market Your Content Offsite and Why It’s Critical to Get It Right. The presenter is Chad Zimmerman, the co-founder and president of STACK Media, a digital sports media site.

By stuart

September 9, 2014September 10, 2014

Culture

Asian collection at Cleveland Museum of Arts worth seeing

Strolling through gallery after gallery of the vast Cleveland Museum of Art, I came upon the North wing — their permanent Asian Art collection — I didn’t expect much from it.

By stuart

September 7, 2014September 7, 2014

Funny

12 ridiculous items from the SkyMall catalog or “I have too much money”

I can’t tell whether SkyMall actually sells these products in their catalog or if it’s some kind of creative marketing move to draw in suckers like me to talk about it.

By stuart

September 6, 2014September 7, 2014

New York

Richies Clothing in Lower East Side

It’s hard to find unique and quality street style clothing without shelling out $100 at some boutique.

By stuart

September 5, 2014September 6, 2014

Food New York

Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles (What’s in a name?)

What’s in the name? When in Chinatown, the names of stores and restaurants can be nonsensical, include random numbers, and state ridiculous claims

By stuart

September 4, 2014August 30, 2015

Roasted duck and chicken in Chinatown windows — Roasted ducks and chickens hanging in the windows of N.Y Noodletown.

City New York Photo

Gallery: 17 days in New York’s Chinatown

As of September 1st, I’m in-between apartments and will spend the next 2-3 weeks in Chinatown. Specifically, sleeping on my grandma’s sofa in Confucius Plaza.

By stuart

September 3, 2014September 16, 2014

Funny

A horse wearing a human costume

Just a horse wearing a costume of two people inside a horse costume.

By stuart

September 2, 2014September 2, 2014

New York Travel

Citi Bike: What does the “Trip Open/Completed” status mean?

Every so often when I log into my CitiBike account to check out my usage. Last month I came across a “Trip Completed” in my history.

By stuart

September 1, 2014April 16, 2015

Culture New York

The Confucius Plaza Apartment Building in New York’s Chinatown

I have relatives that live in Confucius Plaza, sometimes referred to as Confucius Tower. Confucius Plaza is an expansive apartment complex with historical significance found in Manhattan’s Chinatown.

By stuart

August 31, 2014April 6, 2018

Basketball Video

Nik Stauskas a perfect 15-15 from three in 46 seconds

We really don’t need another video to tell us how good a shooter Nik Stauskas is, so let this video of Stauskas shooting a perfect 15 for 15 during a summer workout be the last.

By stuart

August 30, 2014August 30, 2014

Culture Food Mom

The Chinese restaurant as the gateway to the “American Dream”

My family owned a Chinese restaurant in Plymouth, Michigan for more than 35 years. It was their livelihood and played a large part in our lives.

By stuart

August 29, 2014September 1, 2014

Food New York

Best of East Village: Señor Pollo

It’s been a year since I moved into the East Village and in those 12 or so months, I’ve come across some really great restaurants.

By stuart

August 28, 2014August 17, 2015

Tech Travel

Slanging and Slogging: Why you should care about Uber’s business practices

In the battle between ride sharing services, on which side do you land on?

By stuart

August 27, 2014October 5, 2015

Culture New York Queer Race

I ♥♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ AFROPUNK

I attended Afropunk this past weekend and fell in love with it.

By stuart

August 26, 2014August 26, 2014

Basketball Culture

Fake Facebook: Allen Iverson is broke and begging for money

Another day, another fake news story being shared out on Facebook. This time it’s a story about former NBA player Allen Iverson being broke and begging for quarters at Atlanta’s Lenox Mall.

By stuart

August 25, 2014September 24, 2015

City Culture New York Race

Spike Lee vs. Michael Rapaport: The gentrification of New York City

Gentrification is a complicated issue. It becomes even more complicated an issue when you’re brand new to a city like I am to New York.

By stuart

August 24, 2014September 24, 2015

Basketball

Steph Curry’s sweet behind the back, no look bounce pass for James Harden dunk (GIF)

Last night Team USA’s Steph Curry assist to James Harden was one of those rare instinctive basketball plays that makes basketball so exciting.

By stuart

August 23, 2014September 24, 2015

Basketball

From a small basketball website to courtside seats at Madison Square Garden

Earlier this month was the 11th anniversary of Interbasket, a website I founded as an outlet to my then-growing interest in international basketball.

By stuart

August 22, 2014August 23, 2014

New York

What are the Chinese cable channels on Time-Warner in New York

I wish there were as many options as the logo collage above. With my mom and dad visiting New York a few times a year, I need something to keep them busy while I’m working or we have some down time.

By stuart

August 21, 2014September 24, 2015

Funny Video

Flashback: David Letterman skewers Paris Hilton

I mock listicles often, but more often than I care to admit, I click on them. I hate myself, but on the rare occasion it’s worth it.

By stuart

August 20, 2014August 20, 2014

Basketball

Zheng Haixia: The first Chinese player to play pro basketball in USA was a woman

Now retired, Haixia Zheng (pronounced Hi-Shaw Jheng) was a 6-8 center from China and the first Chinese player to play in the WNBA, and the first Chinese player, man or woman, to play professional basketball in the United States.

By stuart

August 19, 2014August 20, 2014

City

Best of East Village: The Roost coffee shop/bar

The Roost opened around the corner from me a few months ago. On Avenue B between 13th and 14th street, I walked by the cozy little coffee shop several times and kept telling myself that I would stop in at some point.

By stuart

August 18, 2014August 19, 2014

Culture Race

Black culture is popular, black people are not

I came across the following tweet today and thought that it makes a powerful statement on race in a succinct, clear manner; a reality check in eight words: “Black culture is popular, black people are not,”

By stuart

August 17, 2014November 12, 2017