'Coolness is Everywhere': Josh Rubin, Cool Hunting Founder

Back in 2003, Josh Rubin started Cool Hunting as a personal outlet to share inspirational content he found around the web. Today the site gets nearly 4 million page views per month and produces a lot of original style, design, and tech content.

We heard Josh speak at the Portable Curators Conference on the topic of curation and what is “cool.”

Defining and discussing what is “cool” is probably the least cool thing anyone can do. Any attempt to formulate a complete curatorial process to theorize on what cool is will often sound stiff, square—downright uncool. But Rubin’s open-ended analytical approach toward that exploration and discovery is most decidedly, if pragmatically, cool.

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PERFORMANCE: David Lee Nelson on 'The Elephant in My Closet'

How many stand-up comedian/Shakespearean actor/writer/Republicans does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Or maybe a better question is how does a Republican Shakespearean actor/stand-up comedian/writer find his way to becoming a self-proclaimed liberal New York Democrat, trotting his personal struggles out onstage to self-effacing comedic effect? And how does said multi-titled Democrat break the news to his conservative Republican father?

David Lee Nelson is a New York-based actor, writer, and comedian whose third, self-penned one-man show, The Elephant in My Closet, will delve into these very questions when it makes its New York debut October 14th at the Kraine Theatre in NYC’s East Village.

Nelson joined us for a quick discussion of the timely election-year piece and his unique career path.

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PERFORMANCE: The Actors' Roundtable: "Humility" (Part 1 of 2)

Each week for the past 10 weeks, Paden Fallis has posed one question to a group of professional working actors from a variety of backgrounds. Our goal is not to demystify the work of the actor or explore their careers, but to dig a bit deeper into their artistic working process. This is part 1 of 2 in the final question of this initial series. ACTOR’S ROUNDTABLE: HUMILITY (PART 1 OF 2) If there’s one thing I love to see in the work of an actor, it is sincerity. If there is one thing I hate seeing, it is arrogance. I’ve always believed that the only way to approach the work is with a healthy belief in your own abilities combined with an even healthier dose of humility towards the work. All of you in this roundtable are accomplished, talented, and serious about the work you do. You’ve all experienced great successes and accolades. Your passion and commitment are why you were chosen for this ongoing discussion. So, the final question posed to you is this: how do you stay humble?

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