Morgan Spurlock: The Greatest Sellout Ever Sold

Morgan Spurlock speaks with Lisa Rau about brand marketing in modern America.

VIDEO: Morgan Spurlock's latest film puts his integrity up for sale… but he does it with style.

LAUSD Helps Schools Turn Parking Lots Into Gardens

Comments (1) | California, Eric Garcetti, green living, LAUSD, Living Green, Los Angeles Unified School District, Micheltorena Street Elementary School, Silver Lake, tom labonge, tomas o'grady

Lisa Rau
Columnist

VIDEO: Why are some activists ripping out the parking lots from their children's schools?

Sundance 2011: Kevin Smith Goes Rogue

Director Kevin Smith tells film distributors to shove it.

Silly 24-Year-Olds, School Is for Kids

Comments (2) | academia, classroom, discourse, grad students, graduate students, higher ed, higher education, kids, Opinion, opinion, patronizing, professors, students, TAs, teachers, undergraduates

Lisa Rau
Columnist

(Illustration by Lisa Rau)

College professors who call their students "kids" should hand out permission slips with the syllabus.

Retro Tech: A New Take On Old Electronics

Comments (0) | antique, Echo Park, electronics, living green, mister jalopy, recycle, refurbish, retro, reuse, rewind, tech, Technology, Technology, Vintage

Lisa Rau
Columnist

The Brave Little Toaster reminds us of pre-90s awesomeness. And to never piss off the air conditioner.

A new Echo Park indie shop revives old electronics--an alternative to the frenzy of new tech crazes.

Social Media Week: Geolocation, Location, Location

Comments (1) | Brightkite, checking-in, DeHood, Facebook Places, foursquare, geolocation, Google Street View, Gowalla, LBS, location-based services, PleaseRobMe.com, Social Media Week, Technology, Whrrl

Lisa Rau
Columnist

(Photo courtesy of NorthernSun.com, Illustration by Harold Graham)

Geolocation marketing could be worth $4.1 billion by 2015, but is it safe?

Social Media Week Hits Los Angeles: The Details

Comments (3) | biomimicry, geolocation, improv, inner-city arts, mobile, SMW, SMWLA, Social Media Week, Technology, Twelethon

Lisa Rau
Columnist

What do improv comedy, food trucks and Kanye's tweets have in common? Social Media Week L.A.

New Twitter Design Locks Users In

Comments (7) | information prison, new Twitter, tech, Technology, tweet, Twitter, two columns, Web, website redesign

Lisa Rau
Columnist

A one-stop shop for content may turn Twitter into a voluntary information prison. (Illustration by Lisa Rau)

Direct media viewing and infinite scrolling means never leaving the website for information.

Google Instant: Google Search Like Woah!

Comments (1) | Google Instant, Google search, incremental search, interactive search, Technology

Lisa Rau
Columnist

How long will it be until we can just draw, speak or think a Google search?

Craigslist Bans Sex Ads...But Not Demand For Them

Comments (3) | adult services, censorship, child exploitation, classifieds ads, communications decency act, craigslist, freedom of speech, online sex trafficking, Opinion, Technology, technology bans

Lisa Rau
Columnist

Craigslist voluntarily censored its “adult services” category in response to pressure from 17 state attorneys general.

Those criticizing Craigslist have misdirected the public’s attention from the true problem: demand for child sex.

Cell Phones Killed the Radio Star

Comments (0) | cell phones, Congress, FM Radio, mobile phones, music industry, NAB, radio broadcasters, royalties, Technology

Lisa Rau
Columnist

Congress may vote to require all U.S. cell phones to enable FM radio tuners. (Photo illustration by Lisa Rau.)

Congress may vote this fall to require cell phones to have FM radio tuners. My response: no one should dictate our private lifestyle choices.

Facebook Places: A Self-Policing Social Network?

Comments (2) | Facebook Places, foursquare, geolocation, Google Maps, social media, social networking, Technology

Lisa Rau
Columnist

The Facebook iPhone app allows you to "check in" from wherever you are.

Cheating spouses, drug dealers and truant teenagers beware. Facebook Places is just like tagging your friends...on crack.

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