A few articles that I’ve been mentioned in.
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, “From Here to There,” September 15, 2010.
Video recording of a talk I gave as part of a three-person panel on the book “From Here to There: A Curious Collection from the Hand Drawn Map Association” which I contributed to.
REUTERS, “GPS? Mapquest? Not for fans of hand-drawn maps,” September 13, 2010.
New Yorker Matthew Rodriguez, a marketing professional with a video-game firm and a blogger, frequently sketched maps to get around his East Village neighborhood.
“My friends mocked me,” he said, for being a digital professional who lacked a GPS smartphone.
He got a smartphone. But when he knows he will be in an area with poor reception, he will map his route on paper.
NEW YORK TIMES, “Secret’s Out: Sample Sales Move Online,” December 6, 2009.
For Matthew Rodriguez, 29, a Web marketer and Gilt shopper, the sales turn shopping into a game. “Knowing the sales start every day at noon makes me really competitive to get an item before someone else gets it,” he said. He recently bought a pair of Clae white patent leather sneakers for $38 on Gilt. They can sell for as much as $135 in retail stores.
NEW YORK PRESS, “Finding the Face of Asian New York,” May 17, 2006
Such public displays of Asian-ness are clearly celebrated by some members of the Pan-Asian community. “When I see a Chinese or Filipino or Japanese gain some prominence, I feel a sense of pride,” says Korean American graduate student Matthew Sun-Jin Rodriguez via e-mail. But others are less impressed with- accomplishments achieved in reference to existing norms and established channels.
