by natecooper | Jun 6, 2018 | cities, cool, culture, Cut Your Learning Curve
In this episode of Cut Your Learning Curve, I speak with my friend Juvoni Beckford. Juvoni grew up in the Bronx. At a young age, Juvoni recognized the patterns that kept people from in his environment from reaching their full potential. Through a lot of hard work and...
by natecooper | Jul 6, 2016 | cities, cool, culture, los angeles, new york
I like to think I resisted this a bit but I think I’m slowly coming to terms with being a digital nomad. I’m typing this while in the back of a Lyft which is taking me from Long Beach California to Santa Monica where I have set up shop for the Summer. When...
by natecooper | Jun 20, 2015 | cities, cool, Mexico, Nate's Thoughts, technology
I came down to Mexico because I care about education. My friend Eme, trusted me to come to New York when I was hosting an event last November. He bought his ticket and jumped in and while here, he gave a wonderful and moving talk about Dev.f a school that he set up...
by natecooper | Jul 9, 2014 | cities, cool, culture, Reboot Nation
Perspective Last year I attended Chris Guillebeau’s World Domination Summit for the first time. I was ushered to Portland by my colleague and friend, Jim Hopkinson who simply said, “you have to go!” To be honest I didn’t quite know what to expect. Jim and I had co...
by natecooper | Apr 11, 2014 | cities, culture, music, san francisco
San Francisco is an eclectic city. Proof of this concept is the breadth of differnt songs written about it. How can writing about the same thing spur such diverse output? In no particular order here are four songs about San Francisco. Lights – Journey From...
by natecooper | Jul 11, 2013 | cities, cool, culture, new york
I can recall in my youth in Northern California a constant frustration called FOMO or fear of missing out. It is the anxiety felt that there’s someplace better you should be. You worry that you’re never where the cool stuff is happening. When I moved to the east coast...