Today, we launched a redesign of the Carbon Tax Center website. The primary goal was to create a more impactful homepage that communicates CTC’s mission quickly and clearly. In doing so, we also reworked the site header (to remove distracting and unncessary graphics), and crispened up the typography.

CTC has been getting a lot of attention [links] lately, and it will be really interesting to see how this issue grabs the presidential candidates. Good luck, guys!

The Professional Basketball Players were happy to be part of Make Music New York yesterday, the first incarnation of this international music festival here in NYC.

We had a great time playing at the Liz Christy Community Garden on the Lower East Side — thanks to everyone there for having us, and to everyone who braved the rain and stopped by to listen.

The folks from StreetFilms were at our show, and they included us in their video montage of the event:

Also, special thanks go to Adam Bradford, who filled in on guitar since our new guitarist, Ben, was out of town yesterday.

I’m proud to announce the launch of StreetFilms, the new home of Clarence Eckerson’s short films about Livable Streets, and another site in the New York City Streets Renaissance family.Back when I was in college, riding the CalTrain to San Jose for work, I thought that one day I might make Public Service Announcements lauding the many advantages of commuting by train. Well, now I can say I made the website for them instead, which is good enough for me. Enjoy!

Supporting Women Artists Project (SWAP) is a new non-profit organization that offers free studio space for women artists in exchange for mentoring young girls who are interested in art. They are just gearing up for their first year, and are now accepting donations online. Way to go Frannie and Andrea!

I am happy to announce the launch of another great NYC website: StreetsBlog.
A project of the NYC Streets Renaissance Campaign and edited by NYC transportation/planning blogger Aaron Naparstek, this site will take a critical look at transportation issues in our area. I’ve been a fan of Aaron’s writing for some time, so it was a big honor for me to build his new home.

(The site is running WordPress, and the design is based on nycsr.org, which was originally designed by Andrew Fischler, Jr. who I’ve never met but whose design I like a lot.)