Back in the days, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, photographing everyday people hangin’ in Harlem, kickin’ it in Queens, and cold chillin’ in Brooklyn. He is still taking pictures, revisiting old haunts and old friends.

WYNC in New York celebrates street photography:

Scores of street photographers document city life on any given day, one shot at a time. Meet six who are practicing and redefining a uniquely New York art form dating back to the days of Weegee the Famous.

Hear from 5 more photographers, each with their own video and unique style. The story continues here.

Since being introduced to public radio way back in 2004, i’ve become a huge supporter. I don’t know where i got it from or why i became so interested. It may be some kind of audiophilia that attacks wave after wave of elite know-it-alls. A disease that i’m completely predisposed to because of my trendy age demographic. Who knows? Just after i started listening, i found a whole slew of great radio programs that broadcast about everything from politics to science and american culture. Each show done with enormous care and attention to detail. It was like i’d gone half my life unaware of taste.

One of my favorite shows on public radio is one i fell in love with early last year called Radiolab. My co-worker Genna and i like to talk about it in between frustrating change requests and every tele-scam that walks into our office. Needless to say, we’re giant nerds who like listening to the inFLECTious (yes i made that up!) voices of Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the charming hosts of this unique program.

And we do our fair share of hanging about the web. We’ve become all too familiar with WNYC’s station logo so naturally when it changes seemingly overnight, we’re either the first to know or the last (this isn’t NEW news, sorry!).

Enough mucking though… The only real reason i came on here was to post about WNYC’s re-design to a much broader format. The design was executed by Open and shares a healthy respect for my love of all things typeset in ‘Gotham’. Frankly, i liked the older itteration too, but this new one is just as effective and fun to
look at.

The rest of the design review picks up at Brand New. Great analysis.

By the way, if you haven’t listened to Radiolab yet, nows’ a good time to start! Check out their podcast section.

Facebook has easily become one of the coolest social networking sites since the inception of Friendster….. or Myspace *sighhh*…

But anyway, Businessweek.com just published an article that discusses the pros and cons of a new and sleeker user-interface:

The social networking site’s coming redesign will be marked by a cleaner, more organized look to appeal to its vastly bigger, more diverse user base…
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