Spout is a great new online community for film fanatics—those who want to horde their faves, quote from cult classics, buy DVDS, make film friends and most importantly, get reviews from peers with similar performance preferences (instead of hyperbole-happy critics) The five friendly Midwest founders, Rick, Bill, Dave, Daryn and Paul, “ultimately seek to fill the gap between what shows up at festivals and what shows up at the multiplex.” Having almost outgrown its beta-stage by blossoming into an addictive little playmate, Spout is very visitor-responsive. The more you give, the more you get back. By encouraging interaction between people who like the same films, getting on board with tag-collages and, in the spirit of MySpace.com, letting peeps shameless fly their I'm-secretly-obsessed-with-John C. Reilly” (for example) freak flag, Spout is creating not only a collectivist, down-to-viewer, ensemble of online critics, but another fabulous way to waste your entire day on the Internet, too.

Established in 2001, ChangetheThought compromises the freelance projects of Art Director and Denver communications agency Cactus Graphic Designer Christopher Cox. ChangetheThought is unique in its ability to convey messages to its audience that generate a powerful and residual impact. Often these messages target the inadequacies of the political machine, our cultures obsession with monetary wealth, or like this work created for Woodsuch, which was created to explore “the reversed cultural notion that violence is acceptable and sex is vulgar.” Christopher has also recently launched a series of tees that target these same issues. Printed on American Apparel's new Poly Cotton blend these shirts promise to be comfortable. Pick one up from the online store and check out more of Chris' extensive and widely varied portfolio at ChangetheThought.

City Surf, the series of self-paced MP3 walking tours, are downloadable guides for the traveler who is looking to experience and interact with a city's local culture and find the hidden treasure among the masses, essentially allowing you to enjoy the city as if a local friend were showing you the way. Founder Ali Karbassi is an avid traveler and found his trips to be more memorable and exciting when it is experienced as an adventure rather than an itinerary – we'll attest to that! So with the help of his writing staff, traveling band of friends, and informed locals, he brings the City Surf Toronto guides, featuring tours for St Lawrence Market, Yorkville, and The Annex, with Kensington, China Town, and Church Street soon to come. Additionally, niche tours that cover the art scene or “Afternoon Off” tours for business travelers with a few hours to kill are in the works. Chalk full of up to date local knowledge and interesting facts, and for only $9.99 each, forget the maps and the filtering of endless pages of info and use yours eyes to actually see the city by listening to City Surf!