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Blogging (here) since 2005
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Reboot Workshop: Danya Cheskis-Gold – Skillshare
Last January I put together my first conference. Reboot Workshop was a sold-out day long workshop with presentations, Q&A and Networking. Danya Cheskis-Gold from Skillshare, talks about the importance of getting the job done. If you haven't done something before,...
Reboot Workshop: Nate Heasley – Goodnik
Last January I put together my first conference. Reboot Workshopwas a sold-out day long workshop with presentations, Q&A and Networking. Nate from Goodnik is great at getting you to think big. Most people want to do well and especially in our new-agey,...
Reboot Workshop: Jim Hopkinson – Hopkinson Creative Media
Last January I put together my first conference. Reboot Workshopwas a sold-out day long workshop with presentations, Q&A and Networking. Jim Hopkinson was the co-organizer for Reboot Workshop. If not for meeting Jim the Workshop probably wouldn't have happened....
Reboot Workshop: Michael Margolis – Get Storied
Last January I put together my first conference. Reboot Workshop was a sold-out day long workshop with presentations, Q&A and Networking. Michael from Get Storied was an amazing addition to the group. Going in, he was the person I knew the least, but since I've...
Chasing the Long Tail: Five Tips to Make Teaching a Part of your business
1. Maintain a Network Last year I did something daring. For the first time in my life, I quit my job and decided to start my own company. If you talk to anyone who has done it before, you’ll know that there’s a familiar story of freedom and sheer terror. It helps to...
Digital Clippings
I'm still working on my SXSW posts. In the meantime here's a collection of places I popped up in the Press. Digital Production Buzz Here's the episode in which I was interviewed. In the section Sounds and Voices from SXSW. Here's a list of the full...
StartupBus + SXSW + miniclasses
A couple weeks ago I found out that I'll be travelling from New York City down to SXSWi on a bus full of strangers. On the way down we'll conceive, draft and build a project. When we get to Austin we'll be in competition with other buses from around the country to see...
Where Good Ideas Come from
Very inspired by Steven Johnson's Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation This passage just about sums up what I've learned in the past year about curating events while building up my business: In thinking about networked innovation this way, I...
Amazing Online History Education
This series proves that history education doesn't have to be dry and inapplicable to modern life. Damn entertaining too.
The Truth Behind Dr. Suess Books
Dr. Seuss was heavy. Really. This is what these....
Teach What You Know: How to Make a Living on Skillshare
Here's my article in Mashable on teaching outside of traditional institutions Teach What You Know: How to Make a Living on Skillshare. A good Skillshare instructor is a good Skillshare student. You’ll want to take as many classes as you teach. Your role as a...
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Human/Animal Connection
via Dr. Neil deGrasse Tysons Exclusive PETA Interview - YouTube.
Cloud Concept Vehicle
A cloud that floats leisurely around the country? Where do I sign up? (via Tiago Barros)
Batman in the Style of Dr. Seuss
(via Laughing Squid) 8 year old me would be giddy at seeing these. (In fact still am now!! :D)
ikea hadron collider instructions
ikea hadron collider instructions - Imgur.
Evolution of the NYC Subway in one gif
YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF
So what makes this map different from the Rand McNally version you can buy at a bookstore? Or from the dusty National Geographic pull-down mounted in your child’s elementary school classroom? Can one paper wall map really outshine all others—so definitively that it...
Hi Operator
(via Married To The Sea)