Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival organized by its tech community to celebrate LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more at a dozen venues focused in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA’s digital innovators! …
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Rick Steves episode diary – filming in Venice – an enchanting behind-the-scenes
We’re nearly finished filming two new TV shows on Venice. Thinking back over a very productive day, I realize how much I love this work. Our scripts are about 3,400 words per half-hour show. They are split between “on-cameras,” with me talking directly to the camera, and “B-roll,” where we “cover the script” with footage …
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Hello, Silicon Beach – the burgeoning tech scene in Los Angeles
What could be better than beautiful weather, beaches, and your favorite scrappy start-up? Two cities in Los Angeles are slowly becoming hubs of technology, Santa Monica and Venice. In the spread out landscape of Los Angeles these two cities are adjacent close-knit urban areas, with ample office space, coffee shops, restaurants, and apartments. But, not …
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The most complicated way you can think of to water a plant – Joseph Herscher’s La Macchina Botanica
La Macchina Botanica, a Rube Goldberg machine, made at the Venice Biennale, 2011. Constructed in 5 days with the help of 40 local kids, at the Greenhouse of the Venice Giardini. Designed by Joseph Herscher, with construction assistance from Mauro Delley, Michaela Intra and Elisa Paulin. — See his previous machine – the most complicated …