Happy to share that we will be creating a Life Cube installation in Downtown Las Vegas in March/April 2014. The success of The Life Cube – Art at Burning Man over the last four years could not have happened without the 100s of supporters, contributors, volunteers, and an ever-growing community of Cube-ists. Creating a Life Cube Project in a major city is a big step and an exciting moment. The location will be part of the Downtown Project Las Vegas in the East Freemont District, and we hope to partner with as many local artists, volunteers, and members of the community as possible. As with each progression of The Life Cube, there’s a plan for a new level of interactivity and engagement, which we are going to incorporate.  Stay tuned… more news to come! #thelifecube #lasvegas #downtownlasvegas #downtownproject #dtp #lifecube #burningman #urbanart #art #blackrockcity #eastfreemont #eastfreemontdistrict #downtownprojectlasvegas #lifecube #lifecubeprojectlifecubethelifecubeprojectlifecubeprojectthelifecubelasvegasdowntownlasvegasdowntownprojectdtplifecubeburningmanurbanartartblackrockcityeastfreemonteastf #lifecube #lifecubeproject

So the race is on – will I be able to get www.facebook.com/scottcohen — I have www.myspace.com/scottcohen I have www.Linkedin.com/scottcohen I have www.plaxo.com/scottcohen I twitter as www.twitter.com/dimestore – twitter scottcohen only has 7 followers — what a waste. it would be good to get my name — will know later tonight/

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Red 8 at the Winn. Terribly disappointed. Service was substandard. Spring rolls greasy, and the soup like dishwater. Uninspired menu, pales even more when compared with Noodles at the Ballagio. An overall a poor dining experience – save for the fact I had good company this meal sucked.

The Life Cube Project touched many lives during its 69 days in downtown Las Vegas. The following images are just a sample of some of the “thank you” notes written over the course of the project. Whether they were handwritten letters, comments on Facebook or Twitter, or blogs posts about the Life Cube, each and every note was deeply appreciated! Click the images for a closer look at some of the kind and wonderful words Cube-ists shared about the downtown Las Vegas Life Cube. #thankyou #thelifecubeproject #Burningman #downtownlasvegas #LasVegas #lifecubeproject #dtlv #lifecubeproject #thelifecubeproject #lifecube #lifecube #lifecube2014 #appreciation #BurningMan

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After years of loyalty to a company and their product, I think my relationship with blackberry is about to end. It is funny to think how many people I influenced as an early adopter back in 1998 when the company I was at switched from Motorola pagers to a new product called “blackberry”. I think I’ve had every model and still pay for an enterprise server and support. Below is my email to Tier 2 support at RIM. Attention: Supervisor of Tier 2 Support I would like to first thank the people that took the time to help me on Sunday and Monday. We struggled with back-ups, upgrading the operating system, and restore. This all started with 2 issues: 1 -an update to the facebook app, and 2 – the phone shutting down intermittently and draining the battery when checking voice mail or taking a call. The problem happened again, and I was walked through logging process. I was asked to email when it happened again and email bb support, where someone would call back to examine the log. I emailed yesterday and again this AM a specific time. After no return call, I called and the person was not familiar with the case. I asked if one of the people that had worked on it was available. I have been a blackberry user since 1998. I have been the advocate for 4 companies moving to blackberry, not counting companies I am an advisor or board member. It has gotten harder to remain loyal to a product that has failed to keep up with current feature and function offered by other mobile devices. Often, many of my colleagues make fun of the fact I am still on blackberry. I would appreciate a call from someone that can look at the log. It is coming to the time where I finally just bail on blackberry and buy and android or apple. It used to be that BB offered amazing quality products and support. The first response from a south american call center post dealing with ATT support was terrible. Your own tech person in S. America is not even using a blackberry. I am available for about 30 minutes, then not till tonight or over the weekend. Scott Cohen #z10 #mobiledevice #mobilephone #blackberry #ATT #customerexperience #ResearchInMotion #Apple #RIM #customerservice #Android #blackberry10

I recently went looking for a car for the first time in over 7 years. I owned a 2005 Jeep Wrangler (rag top with a plow) with only 21,000 miles. I had the pleasure and displeasure of visiting a number of dealers in the Westchester area. Disclosure: I don’t like cars. Don’t know a lot about cars. My dad and brother were car guys. My wife knows cars. Did I mention I don’t like cars? Also, I don’t like shopping for cars. Observations & The Experience of Buying a New Car White Plains Honda. Waste of time. Poor (translate rip-off) value on trade-in and higher price quote on a cheaper model. The used car manager was Jersey, the salesperson was Chris. WORST: Avoid this Dealer. Westchester Mazda. If I did not buy the Fiat, I would definitely have bought the Mazda2 from Everol McKenzie. The dealership is awesome and they are straight shooters. I have a lot of respect for a business that hires people that deal fair and square. Most of the employees have been with the owner (Vincent ViSimone) for over 20 years! Victor Bellavia gave a fair price quote for my trade-in and Everol followed through on locating a car that fit what I was looking for. No pressure and honest. Really Really Good: Highly recommended. Fiat of Larchmont. Alfredo Gulla has been selling Fiat for over 50 years! He is a real gentleman and a terrific salesman. He is also the owner. He earned my business and successfully sold me. Good price on the new car and fair price on trade-in. His daughter Silvana works at the dealership too. Followed through on all that was promised and delivered the car at the price. Best: Highly recommended. Scarsdale Ford. Carlos Gonzlez was a straight shooter and very competent. The Ford Fiesta was a good value for the money, and they did offer fair trade-in value. I liked them and they are someone I would have bought a car from. Unfortunately, they did not have the model in stock for me to test drive. Good: Recommended. Yonkers Honda. Javier Cano was knowledgeable and a professional. I liked the Fit, but the extra couple grand just did not make it worthwhile. Honorable Mention/Good: Recommended. Tarrytown Honda. This dealership is great on service (my daughter owns a Honda Fit), but they did not follow-through on the initial sales call. Chad Sanders picked up the ball and was persistent and professional. I would have been happy to do a deal with him. Good: Recommended. Curry Chevrolet. What can I say? GM has failed to put forth a vehicle that competes in the $15-20,000 range. The salesperson never followed up. They had little inventory. Sad statement about the current state of the US auto industry. You may have survived the crisis – but I do not think long term you are producing what car buyers want, and definitely not training sales staff correctly. Poor: Not recommended. Westchester Toyota. You got me to the dealership, but your follow-through on post visit questions was bad. I found the cars to be ok, but you failed to have a sales team to sell correctly. Satisfactory: Not recommended. Bottom line – sales is a tough business. Car sales people have not had a great reputation, but some of the dealers I visited were really well run, with trained sales associates. Most sales people today have a good amount of product knowledge. I found the ones that played games on trade-in value and jerking me around to be offensive, sleazy, and fit the way most people look at car salespeople. I am happy with the car I purchased, and offer serious endorsements to both Fiat of Larchmont and Westchester Mazda. Keywords: Fiat of Larchmont, Westchester Mazda, Westchester Toyota, Curry Chevrolet, Tarrytown Honda, Yonkers Honda, Scarsdale Ford, White Plains Honda, Honda, chevy, ford, jeep, fiat, Toyota, Chevrolet, car dealers, car sales, buying a new car, Westchester car sellers, wrangler, yaris, mazda2, Honda fit, ford fiesta #Toyota #cardealers #ford #Chevrolet #Honda #Westchestercarsellers #yaris #WestchesterToyota #TarrytownHonda #fordfiesta #CurryChevrolet #jeep #mazda2 #buyinganewcar #whiteplainshonda #wrangler #WestchesterMazda #Hondafit #YonkersHonda #ScarsdaleFord #chevy #WhitePlainesHonda #FiatofLarchmont #carsales #fiat

Our first hardcopy of The Life Cube Project photo book has arrived! It has been quite a journey over the last three months to put this together, but getting to hold the book and turn its pages has made it all worthwhile. While we still have some work cut out for us before we are able to send the final version of the book to donors and volunteers — including making final edits and investigating alternative publishers to deliver high-quality and cost-efficient copies — we are happy to share that we are quickly approaching the end of the voyage that has been creating this photo book from scratch. Scott and Kat, all smiles, flipping through the book for the first time. What started out as a 40-page book unexpectedly grew into a 12″ x 12″ 75-page, full color coffee table book. Through the generous donations from over 30 professional photographers and numerous friends, we were able to include over 150 stunning photos as well as carefully written text on the journey of The Life Cube from Burning Man to Downtown Las Vegas. Kat, the creator and designer of The Life Cube Project photo book. Collecting the photographs for the book was an arduous task. We contacted dozens of photographers who documented The Life Cube in DTLV as well as friends who visited the Cube and attended the burn. Once we mentioned we were creating the book on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and this blog; people reached out and eagerly sent in their own photos and artistic interpretations of their experiences at The Life Cube. Thousands of photos streamed in for weeks. As the photos were being collected, the time came to carefully select which ones were to be included in The Life Cube photo book. And when thousands were cut down to only a few hundred, then came the mission of editing each image. After we selected a self-publisher (Blurb) to create our photo book with, we began constructing the layout and design. More photos were removed, added, and edited. Chapters began to take shape, and we embarked on the task of writing, re-writing, and proofreading text for each section of the book. Eventually, everything came together beautifully, and we were left with something we were proud of. Cover photo by Justin Tyler Gines. Months of hard work and dedication have gone into the creation and production of The Life Cube Project photo book. We are eager to finalize its pages, send it to the publisher, and share it with our supporters. #art #thelifecubeproject #downtownlasvegas #lasvegas #TheLifeCube #Burningman #cube #downtownlasvegas #photography #DowntownProject #downtownproject #dtp #LasVegas #dtlv #LV #cubeist #blackrockcity #photobook #cubeist #fineart #fineart #thelifecubeproject #blackrockcity #lifecube #lifecube #TheLifeCube #BurningMan #thelifecubeprojectphotobook

It has been just a few weeks since the burn of the Life Cube in Downtown Las Vegas.  The embers may have cooled, but the memories of the project and the support and enthusiasm of the community, friends and family are still warming my heart. What began as an exploratory trip to Las Vegas at the beginning of last year has resulted in a journey that I will never forget.  There are so many anecdotes, photos, video, blogs, televised reports and news articles and yet they hardly begin to tell the tale!  In the meantime, it is with deep gratitude that I share a small smattering with you.  Attached to this letter are several links to video, and a few images to further pique your interest. While the burn was a spectacular and moving event attended by over 10,000 people, the most meaningful part for me was the interaction with the community.  Over the past three months, I spoke with over five thousand students throughout the Las Vegas valley about the dual missions of the project:  1) writing down your goals for what you want to achieve in life; and 2) connecting art and community.  They responded by asking insightful questions, decorating their own cubes and canvasses, filling out thousands of “wish-sticks” with their own hopes and dreams, and bringing their families downtown to visit the Cube and attend the Burn. Photo of The Life Cube Project in Las Vegas by Cameron Grant and The High Points, Fine Art Photography ~ http://www.thehighpoints.com Ultimately, more than 40,000 wishes went up into the universe.  We had 3700+ photos and videos posted to Instagram, 4500+ likes on Facebook, and even “trended” on Twitter, which they tell me is a big deal.  In addition, the chance to watch and interact with hundreds of artists as they paint and performed around the Cube was a truly special opportunity. This was a very long project.  Whether you were in Las Vegas with me for part of it or cheered us on from afar, your emotional, advisory, artistic, skilled and/or financial support was integral to our success.  Your encouragement has been and continues to be appreciated more than you can possibly know.   Attached is this note with some photographs in PDF format. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. scotte Video Links: ‘The Life Cube 2014’ Fremont East Studios https://vimeo.com/88944146  (3 minutes) ‘The Life Cube Project Documentary’ H. Andrews Joven https://vimeo.com/89526703  (9 minutes) Newspaper Articles from the Las Vegas Sun: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/nov/20/joe-downtown-why-giant-burning-cube-can-change-you/ and http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/feb/04/burn-downtowns-life-cube-inviting-canvas-artists/ Scott Cohen The Life Cube Project (Life Cube LLC) +1.917.690.7691 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thelifecube Website:  http://www.LifeCubeProject.com Instagram:  #lifecube, #lifecubeproject Twitter:  @thelifecube (the above was sent to friends, volunteers, supporters, artists, and craftsman on April 15, 2014) #art #wishsticks #graffitiart #Burningman #brc #downtownlasvegas #graffitiart #dtlv #lifecubeproject #blackrockcity #streetart #lifecube #wishes #BurningMan

I will need to write more about this, but wanted to make sure to document my initial thoughts.  I went to see Phil Lesh at Nokia Theater this past weekend.  We are talking about the most amazing digital experience I have ever have had! Nokia should be very proud.  This theater is the ultimate brand icon.  I was so impressed!  Access is everywhere.  The acoustics where awesome.  You feel like you are moving in an instant from experience to memory.  There is almost a sense that you are the star consumer.  It is the coolest thing.  You can sit in seats and get a view of the stage, hang in the dance floor, or walk the halls.  There is music in every nook and cranny.  It is clean, neat, and comfortable.  This place rocks.  After entering the theater, you can wander from tip to toe, close to far.  If I was to make a couple suggestions – they need to get fresh air into the place somehow — though by a couple of the walls, you could get a good stream of air.  They should play some sort of music before the band starts — it would be more pleasant.  Last, and most important — they made only one HUGE mistake – after the show, they should have been able to sell what I just heard!  I would have easily paid money to pay for a CD (or even a DVD) of the show.  Go to a show — this will be your most amazing consumer digital experience – They hit all my sensory cylinders.  Awesome job Nokia! From their Web site (http://nokiatheatrenyc.com): The Nokia Theatre Times Square is a 2100-capacity venue designed by the award-winning architect David Rockwell of the Rockwell Group and operated by AEG LIVE. The venue officially opened in September 2005 and has the capability to hold a wide array of events including concerts, live television, web broadcasts, live recordings, award shows and event parties. The marquee, an 85-foot long LED high definition screen which can display both live and digital video. It is one of the largest marquees on Broadway and is directly connected to the MTV marquee. With it’s interactive text messaging capabilities and the ability to broadcast events live from the stage directly to the marquee in real time makes it truly impressive to say the least. Located in the theatre is the Nokia Lounge where fans can charge their wireless phones, get hands-on experience with new Nokia products and services, download mobile content like games, videos and ring tones and enter promotions among other activities.