Dear Friend,
You may have noticed that in my last few newsletters I wrote intros on topics of mindfulness and self-develpoment. Although these topics are near and dear to my heart and part of my everyday life, they were not as connected to the primary goal of this newsletter, which is to uncover curated news, start ups and valuable NYC events in the fashion and creative tech space. In order to keep the newsletter focused, I'm going to move my curation of mindful reminders on a separate section of my new website. Feel free to follow my Medium page to stay motivated with insightful notes on mindfulness and emotional intelligence.
From now on each newsletter will focus on one particular topic in fashion and creative tech field. So today I thought a seamless transition would be to touch upon wearables that help you live mindfully and stay present and focused. What is mindfulness anyway? It is really just about accepting the world as it is and not being attached to your personal idea of how the world should be, it's about making conscious decisions instead of automated, familiar actions and reactions. I use my Apple Watch for hourly positive pauses and deep breathes, new habits development tracking and meditation reminders. One of my personal favorites in the fashion wearables space is Ringly - beautiful rings and bracelets which offer guided meditation as a pre-set feature. Bellabeat’s Leaf has a stress prediction feature that calculates "stress sensitivity" and meditation reminders as an ultimate solution to overcome stressful situations. Other devices like Fitbit Charge 2, Spire, Pip, Feel, Sona, WellBe, Prana, and Muse promise to improve your breathing, control your emotions and become happier. I'm a strong believer that living mindfully does not require any technology help, and that happiness and balance comes within. However if technology can help you bring more awareness, effectiveness and focus into your life, like Apple Watch does for me, I highly encourage you to use it! Are you using any devices to stay present? Please share with me your experience, if they are helpful or not so much!
News Digest:
- Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment - The New York Times
- Wearable AI is the next hot tech trend - VentureBeat
- Lap of luxury: Net-a-Porter opens tech hub in London - The Guardian
- The Future Of Fabric Is More Beautiful And Complicated Than You Think - Uproxx
- 3D Printers Start to Build Factories of the Future - The Economist
- Survey: 45% of retailers plan to use AI in next 3 years - Retail Dive
- Farfetch CMO John Veichmanis: ‘Data is the New Marketer’s Currency’ - Glossy
- Yoox Net-A-Porter Looks To The Future Of AI And Mobile Commerce With New Tech Hub In London - Forbes
- For brands, fitting rooms are the key to unlocking valuable customer data - Glossy
Events
Wednesday, July 5th
6:00pm - 8:30pm Entrepreneurs Roundtable
Watch several tech start up pitches and listen to the keynote speaker, David Horowitz from Touchdown Ventures. Price: Free Location: Microsoft, 11 Times Sq
Thursday, July 6th
6:00pm The Signals Are Talking - Forecasting The Future & Impact Of Emerging Technologies
The author of The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream Amy Webb will share insights about her methodology for predicting future trends and the impact of emerging technologies. Price: Free Location: 150 West 28th Street, 4th Floor, Suite 404, Room 1
6:30pm Living The Digital Nomad Lifestyle
Join the gTeam and Power to Fly to discuss the needed skill sets for the modern nomad lifestyle and why there is a proclivity towards web development. New data shows that 6.1 million individuals in the US can be categorized as remote workers, whether self-employed or employed by organizations on a full-time or part-time basis. Working from home, a coffee shop or abroad in pretty much anywhere you desire is becoming the norm. Price: Free Location: Galvanize NYC, 315 Hudson St, 2nd Fl
Sunday, July 9th
10:30am – 1:00pm Civic Art Lab | Community Resilience: Build-A-Workshop
This interactive workshop will educate participants in the fundamentals of resilient empowerment, and have them apply these principles to the conception of their own public design workshops. Price: Free Location: Creations Gallery Pop-up, 89 Avenue C
Tuesday, July 11th
6:00 - 8:30pm Coaching The Startup Sales Rep
With Noah Goldman (Advisor, People.ai), Steve Richard (CRO, ExecVision), Kristina Wiig (VP Sales, StellaService). Price: Free Location: Work-Bench, 110 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
6:15 - 8:30pm What It Takes To Get Funding
In his presentation, the speakers will provide an overview of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets and give practical tips about protecting intellectual property for Seed to Series B companies specifically. Delving into the when in the lifecycle it is imperative vs just good to have; what parts of the business processes should be covered; whether domestic vs international protections are useful. Price: $5 Location: The Farm Soho, 447 Broadway, 2nd Fl
Wednesday, July 12th
4:30pm – 6:30pm NYC Women In Digital Kick-off
With Alaina Shearer (Founder, Women in Digital), Breonna Rodriguez (Lead Digital Designer, Sesame Street), Debra Bednar (Founder/CEO, DB+co). Price: Free Location: SIXTY SoHo, 60 Thompson St
6:00 - 8:30pm Popular Event Tech & Hustle - Run Your Business Anywhere
Weebly, Square and Google Cloud have partnered with General Assembly to celebrate small business professionals and share the best tips and tricks in managing and successfully owning ones eCommerce business. Hear from a panel of passionate individuals who will uncover the honest small business journey and the best way make your passion into a paycheck. Price: Free Location: General Assembly East, 902 Broadway, 4th Fl
Thursday, July 13th
6:30pm Machine Learning at Spotify
Spotify data can be leveraged to identify moods, habits and audiences that advertisers want to reach. This talk describes a Machine Learning system for tagging curated content with multiple labels corresponding to categories of interest. Price: Free Location: Spotify HQ, 45 W 18th St, 7th Fl
Dive into the common failures that all startups face with local entrepreneurs and founders who have met, and overcome, these challenges. Our panel of experts will answer questions from the audience, share lessons learned, and motivate you with advice to get through the ups and downs of your entrepreneurial journey. Price: Free Location: General Assembly East, 902 Broadway, 4th Fl
Monday, July 17th
6:30pm - 8:30pm Masterclass In Leadership (Through Sports)
Great leadership isn't a matter of skill and charisma. It's about behavior. The greatest captains in sports history had seven common traits but they're not the ones you'd expect. Walker's research, which took a decade to complete, will give you a new perspective on the nature of leadership that applies to teams in many fields. Price: Free Location: General Assembly East, 902 Broadway, 4th Fl
Tuesday, July 18th
7:00pm Interactive Media
We've scoured the art, design, and technology field to bring you exciting emerging individuals and companies who are experimenting with new technologies that focus on the interaction between content and people. From content development to delivery, the showcase will feature both digital and analog technologies that blend the physical and digital world. Price: $10 – $15 Location: And & And, 353 W 12th St
Wednesday, July 19th
6:00pm Welcome Fashion Wearable Designers
At the internet of Fashion meet up hosted at Microsoft you will learn how to design fashion tech, AR/VR, business strategies, and gaming. The May meeting focus will be designing innovative wearable with 3D print technology. Designers that have already successfully introduced their wearable s in the consumer market will share the process of creating fashion that integrate 3D technologies. Price: Free Location: Microsoft 677 Fifth Avenue
Cool Finds:
- OptimityX - Get rewarded for your healthy habits
- Lisa - Machine Learning powered engagement predictor for Instagram
- Zeekit - enables fashion shoppers to virtually see themselves in new outfits while shopping online
- FLATLAY - marketplace for interactive creation, curation and discovery of products.
- Digital transformation of retail - report by Google
Stay inspired,
Nataliya