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Pinterest Clonesplosion! 18 Suspiciously Similar Sites

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[ By Marc in Drawing & Digital. ]

Pinterest has exploded into the social media scene, with an over 85% increase in users from January to March of 2012 alone. With its huge success, unique style, and pinboard-like user experience, it instantly inspired an incredible number of clones.

(Images via trippy, urbantag, gtrot, wanderfly)

Travel sites always tend to be visual, so the social sharing style of Pinterest is perfect for sites that are all about travel. Trippy, UrbanTag, Gtrot, and Wanderfly are all examples of this new phenomenon. Some are striving to hit a more local market, while others help people plan for globetrotting expeditions. All of them have expanded on the simplicity of Pinterest’s style to bring a more focused experience.

(Images via visualnews, venturebeat)

The sites Minglewing and Kulisha are discussion sites loosely based on the Pinterest style. Minglewing describes itself as “the world wide water cooler” and encourages civil discussions on a wide variety of subjects, while Kulisha helps users aggregate info from social feeds into one super page.

(Images via iwannanom, gigaom, getvega, thinng)

All of the new sites cropping up are more niche than their Pinterest inspiration, but their niches are wide-ranging. For example, foodies might love IWannaNom, whereas TheComplete.Me appeals to singles who are looking for possible dates. GetVega is targeting people who love lists and Thinng concentrates on the products and tangible aspects of one’s life.

(Images via chill, sworly)

Video site Chill brings the visual aspect of the pinboard to a new level, while Sworly brings it into an entirely different dimension, by allowing people to share and listen to a huge variety of music.

(Images via sparkrebel, pinstyle, stylepin)

Fashionistas unite! For the fashion-conscious who want to cut out everything that doesn’t involve personal style on Pinterest, SparkRebel is a great destination. The aptly named PinStyle and StylePin give an obvious ode to their inspiration, while targeting fashion lovers with a laser focus.

(Images via manteresting, gentlemint, swevenvolant)

A lot of guys complain that Pinterest is clearly meant to appeal to women, as pins tend to center on wedding, design, and fashion. As more guys join the site, this is likely to change. For those who are not as patient, there are plenty of sites waiting in the wings: Manteresting, GentleMint, and DartItUp are all guaranteed to appeal to dudes.

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Teyana Taylor and Her Bad Boys

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Teyana Taylor is making herself known in the world of hip-hop. The Harlem native is rapping about her love for the bad boys in her latest track, aptly titled “Bad Boys,” featuring Honey Cocaine and B. Mack and produced by DJ Mustard, who is responsible for Tyga’s “Rack City.”

After years of being plagued by label politics the young singer, rapper, and actress is putting out her dope grooves as a free agent, hoping to satisfy her fans. In the meantime, she has also appeared on Kanye West’s album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and toured with Game.

So far this year, she dropped her new soulful single “Make Your Move” featuring Wale. Live instrumentation and Michael Jackson sampling give the R&B track an edge. Her second single, “DUI” drops today,Valentine’s Day. It’s all ahead of her upcoming free EP, The Misunderstanding of Teyana Taylor (available online February 29).

KarmaloopTV recently sat down with Miss Taylor to talk about her new record with Wale, her record label situation, and haters on Twitter. Check the clip above.

- Sydney Lindberg

Design Radar: Digital Love / V-Day Cards

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CMYBacon tipped us off to an awesome Valentine’s Day card concept for anyone who makes your heart tick. With a pixelated pop-up design, it is especially ideal for your favorite blogger friends or I guess even a significant other found via online dating? (Still trying to wrap my head around the idea that people really do that.) Anyone on the receiving end of this digital inspired note will be impressed that you whipped up the card yourself — yep, easy instructions and a few papercuts later, you’ve crafted a geeky valentine!

diy pop up card

Urge Congress to Vote No on SOPA & PIPA!

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What up! Nice to see you here. Maybe our blog pulled you away from Twitter, or you were directed to a post on Jeffrey Campbell from Facebook. Perhaps you came right off Google, our trusty guide to the information superhighway. Well, the future of the web might block entrance to sites like ours if the wildly contested SOPA (Stop Online Privacy) and PIPA (Protect IP) acts are passed. Even if you think SOPA means soup in Spanish and PIPA should be spelled Pippa Middleton, the unfavorable outcome championed by Congress and entertainment corporations will affect you…and me, our company, companies like us (and those not even remotely like us), plus the entire global commercial and social spheres as we know them.

Are you familiar with this movement? As a young American brought up in the age of free information, you definitely should be! Though the acts’ intended purpose is to combat piracy, experience shows that professional pirates will exploit loopholes in the legislation to continue circulating copyrighted work. As collateral damage, SOPA will suffocate the open, free space we have come to rely on for information, commerce, and communication by essentially allowing censorship with penalty for lack of compliance. If passed, the bills will permit the U.S. Department of Justice and copyright holders to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement (including YouTube, Pinterest, news aggregators like Reddit, blogs, and social media networks). Additionally it may also prohibit PayPal, advertising networks, and other facilitators from conducting business with the potentially infringing websites.

Fight For The Future created an impressive video to acquaint you with the subject. The organization, plus many others striking today with blackouts and temporarily censored content, encourages us to sign the open petition (3 million names and growing) and join in on the fight.

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We urge you to investigate the issue and petition Congress and its media conglomerate lobbyists to vote NO on the upcoming January 24 decision. While these bills aim to seek a solution for the broken media revenue system, the implications of their broad reach are a threat to the sustainability and competitiveness of the American tech and e-commerce industries.

Mashable has a good hub of information, with some highlights like SOPA Will Take Us Back to the Dark Ages and This Is the Internet After SOPA [PICS]. Educate yourself!

[Above image is a screenshot taken from Wikipedia today, January 18, 2012.]

The Loop: Dakota Fanning on Cosmo, Bald Barbie, and a Marijuana Study

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Cali Tree Is…Healthy?

A recent study found that occasional marijuana use won’t harm your lungs as much as cigarettes. The study, led by epidemiologist Mark J. Pletcher, found that marijuana can increase airflow and lung volumes but not by much. Does this study add value into the debate that marijuana should be legal? Only time will tell. [The Atlantic]

Fanning the Flame:

The doe-eyed Dakota Fanning graces the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine and many critics are up in arms. Fanning is featured in a full-length gown and looks stunning, yet she is surrounded with headlines that are all about sex. Some argue that Fanning is too young to be on the cover, especially since she isn’t 18 years of age. Others say that shows like Gossip Girl, Jersey Shore and 90210 cover sex fairly explicitly, yet no one is making a big deal about it. They also add that Fanning has played some very adult roles (Cherie Currie in Runaways) and having her featured on the cover is not corrupting her or her fan base. What do you think? All we know is that she looks great! [HuffPost]

Bald Barbie?

Mattel is now the subject of a new online movement pressing for the release of a bald Barbie aimed at empowering girls who suffer from cancer and other health-related hair loss. The Facebook group created by friends Rebecca Sypin and Jane Bingham has blown up to 30,000 likes, so it’s shocking that the brand has not made an official statement on creating what would be a supportive product for self-concious girls (as well as a unique collector’s item). The intentionally bald Barbie seems to be a no-brainer, so fingers crossed that Mattel responds positively. [Jezebel]

Photo of the Week: 11.21.11

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For some, the only way to visualize the surreal intersection between our spatial environment and conceptual man-made manipulations is to consume hallucinogenics. For others, like the talented Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal, this ability comes naturally. Above is part of his exploration of space and context, a body of work aptly titled “Space Matters”. More info at Trendland.

[Image via Saatchi Online]

MERCHGIRL Launches from Devil’s Due: Online Comic by Josh Blaylock and Murs

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HIP-HOP SENSATION MURS AND COMIC PUBLISHER/CREATOR JOSH BLAYLOCK TEAM UP FOR MERCHGIRL: THE CURSE OF YUMIKO MORALES

SUPERNATURAL ADVENTURE DEBUTS THIS FALL AS ONLINE COMIC
CHICAGO, IL- This Fall the worlds of music and comics team up for a the release of a brand new creation as rapper Murs and comic guru Josh Blaylock join forces.

Combining and connecting the internet with the world of print publication, the two creative powerhouses each bring their intimate subcultural fluency to the project; Murs from the territory of streets, beats and rhymes and as an outspoken, active comic fan (as noted by his weekly twitter updates) and Blaylock from his own realm of the comic world as the founder and president of Devil’s Due Publishing.

Yumiko “Yumi” Morales is a lost soul working as a merch girl for her boyfriend’s touring hip-hop-funkadelic-party band “Murder Acts”, but ends up caught in a supernatural thrill ride when she’s left alone in a small strange town. It seems that only a bizarre opening act comprised of uncanny, mysterious figures have a clue to what is happening to her, and what she must do to stop it.

The first chapter of MerchGirl will debut as a serialized strip online this September, and be available in print in the following months from Devil’s Due Publishing, with additional exclusive print-only content. The comic will be supported through agressive social online marketing to music and comic book fans alike, through the traditional comic book store marketing channels, and during Murs upcoming multi-city tour in the fall.

MerchGirl is one of the first spin-off efforts of the recently annouced PopCult collective, an entertainment and pop culture solutions company.

Interested readers may sign up for the mailing list now at the MerchGirl website.

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GALLERY PRE-SALE: “Weapons of Mass Construction” available online

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Weapons of Mass Construction

Weapons of Mass Construction

Reserve your piece before the show by checking them online today at A.Okay Official. The opening reception will be on December 5, 2008 at the A.Okay Official Gallery.

A.Okay Official
3270 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60657
773-248-4547
http://www.aokayofficial.com

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