media Archives - Nate Cooper

Minimalists Revolt: Cal Newport on Saving our Digital Discourse

by natecooper | Feb 6, 2019 | books, culture, digital media, internet, media, Mindfulness, Nate's Thoughts, Psychology, technology

Last Monday I entered a wide corporate lobby with marbled floors and an imposing security desk. In midtown Manhattan on the second floor lies a kind of open floor plan tech campus home of Company. The backdrop of the event’s stage were gilded age windows...

Roger Ebert’s Life The American Dream Itself

by natecooper | Mar 28, 2015 | art, Brooklyn, culture, media, movie reviews, movies, Nate's Thoughts, new york

Photo Credit: Kevin Horan I am a midwestern son. There’s a sequence in the documentary ‘Life Itself’ that suggests that Roger Ebert styled himself as a Chicago journalist in an archetype of public figures like Studs Turkel. He was, for a time, hard drinking and hard...

Reboot Workshop: Jim Hopkinson – Hopkinson Creative Media

by natecooper | Mar 22, 2012 | digital media, media, Reboot Nation

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...

Reboot Workshop: Michael Margolis – Get Storied

by natecooper | Mar 21, 2012 | media, Reboot Nation, technology

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...