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Monday, January 23, 2012

Video Interlude: Jonathan Adler Joins the "It Gets Better" LGBT Movement

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These days, interior designer and ceramicist Jonathan Adler is making news not only for crafting fancy toilet-paper rolls or fancy votives, but for contributing a video to the excellent and moving It Gets Better Project, aimed at inspiring LGBT youth who "can't imagine a future for themselves." The YouTube-based campaign was created in 2010 by columnist Dan Savage as a response to the ever-growing crop of national news reports about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teens committing suicide, and has grown to include endorsements from such famous folks as Neil Patrick Harris, Ellen DeGeneres, and Kathy Griffin.

In a 1:20 video, Adler—by Curbed's count the first major design-industry player thus far—recounts the bleaker parts of his childhood: "When I was a kid, I felt like a freak," he says. "I felt like there was no hope, and I would never, ever, ever be able to be who I wanted to be and reveal my true self. And so I was depressed, and so I took a lot of salvation in my pottery studio. I was obsessed with making pottery, and that was my sort of dream fantasy world." He encourages viewers to pursue a "life of creativity": "Follow your passion, make art, be creative, learn to draw, and it will get so much better." Here, watch:

The Video:

· It Gets Better: Jonathan Adler in New York [YouTube via @JonathanAdler]
· It Gets Better [official site]
· All Jonathan Adler coverage [Curbed National]


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Thursday, April 21, 2011

DotLoop Joins Prudential <b>Real Estate</b> in San Diego

PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 01, 2011 – The collaborative workspace for real estate professionals, DotLoop, is a preferred vendor at this year’s Prudential Real Estate Conference in San Diego, Calif., March 6-8.  This marks one in series of stops along DotLoop’s national expansion that began in January.

As part of the nationwide expansion, DotLoop has attended and sponsored leading real estate specific events such as Keller Williams Family Reunion and the Xplode Real Estate Technology Conference Series. The events have garnered the attention of top industry publications such as RISmedia and REtechnology. The notoriety has been integral to DotLoop’s growth as it exposes real estate professionals to the innovative platform where deals get done.  

DotLoop provides a collaborative workspace to share and sign documents with the added convenience and security of electronic signatures.  Its design increases efficiency by allowing all parties in a transaction to collaborate seamlessly, from one workspace; thus eliminating cumbersome practices of traditional real estate such as printing, faxing and driving between appointments.

DotLoop’s collaborative workspace allows buyers, sellers and real estate agents to work together to close more real estate transactions in less time, as if they were all sitting at a table together.  Both buying and listing agents are able to invite one another into a loop to collaborate in the negotiation and transaction process.  

After a loop is initiated, either party can share, electronically sign or revise the documents pertinent to the transaction with DotLoop’s unique “Version Now” technology. “Version Now” always provides agents and their clients with the most recent version, rather than drafting several copies of the same document.

Once negotiations are complete, transactions are finalized using electronic signatures. When a deal is done, all parties can view a thorough record of transaction activity for improved accuracy and security.  All parties in the Loop are notified of real time activity on the transaction via text or email.

DotLoop continues its nationwide expansion with upcoming event appearances including the 2011 Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Conference in Las Vegas, RETech South Conference in Duluth, Ga. and the NAR Mid Year Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo in Washington, D.C.  

About DotLoop

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, DotLoop is transforming the real estate industry by providing a secure online platform where any real estate agent can share and sign transaction documents.  As the leading provider of collaborative negotiation services, DotLoop is available to service all real estate professionals throughout the United States and Canada.  The collaborative workspace by DotLoop is a wholly web-based negotiation platform that lets users add, adjust, approve, and electronically sign documents digitally - addressing the challenges of security, efficiency, and overhead costs in today's real estate industry.  For more information, visit www.dotloop.com.


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