May 2012
1 post
Be careful what you wish for (in a tent) →
Tom’s story about how decades later he quit his job and started doing what he loved doing for a living.
February 2012
2 posts
Inventing on Principle
Why you should only build better things.
Do what you want, for why you want it
John Gruber and Merlin Mann on lessons they’ve found from their work. Even a couple of years on, it’s completely timeless and accurate.
Marco also made some points.
January 2012
3 posts
1 tag
Doing
9am –Start
I guess you are all here because you want to go and start something. That’s good. Most businesses fail because they never start. So you are going to be ahead of just about 99% of other people.
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Ok, today is going to be me going through 12 key points on building a brand with little money. Then after lunch, Mark Shayler will make you look at your customer in a new way.
1,...
Trust in things you love →
this is a great talk to watch online; but blew me away completely in person.
2 tags
Universal Access to All Knowledge, for free. Now &... →
Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive talks about what’s possible.
December 2011
1 post
1 tag
WatchRegrets - Kathryn Schulz
November 2011
1 post
on writing well →
“ write more concisely, use shorter sentences, and avoid overstating his points”
September 2011
1 post
Watchthe do lectures are a very special place, curated by a very talented group of people.
July 2011
1 post
“Think carefully about how you spend your time, because your work isn’t like...”
– https://saffron.ringling.edu/www.ringling.edu/index.php?id=793
June 2011
1 post
Watch
Being Wrong.
May 2011
3 posts
WatchThe design strategy behind Obama ‘08. It’s about checking off ToDo’s.
Douglas Adams, on sand
In memoriam Douglas Adams’ speech at Digital Biota 2 Cambridge U.K., September 1998
Speech Audio
Is there an Artificial God?
In honour of Douglas’ memory, Biota.org presents the transcript of his speech at Digital Biota 2, held at Magdelene College Cambridge, in September 1998. I would like to thank Steve Grand for providing this to us. Douglas presented this ”off the...
John Rendon: Long-term Policy to Make the War on...
April 2011
2 posts
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via nefffy)
March 2011
3 posts
Sustainable Humanity - Larry Brilliant. →
We are improving, but we need to work faster. The most valuable resources we have, is time….
Part II: Read as many opposing media as you can:
http://inst-tech.engin.umich.edu/leccap/view/carma-rec-u0fxs7awg/12139
"disturbing the present in service of the future" →
… ”communities of hope” to slow down in order to find the courage to reflect on the many uncertainties ahead….
February 2011
1 post
January 2011
1 post
“There is a horse in the Apple Store and no one sees it but me.
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I...”
– http://blog.frankchimero.com/post/1059696119/there-is-a-horse-in-the-apple-store
November 2010
5 posts
Van Jones: Don't give in to... →
A call for optimism and hope.
Open data and how not to cock it up →
This will end up being referred to repeatedly in a number of different contexts.
WatchPaul Hawken on inclusion in the face of challenges. Have sent this to a few people in the last few days for different reasons.
Beyond the Transparency Agenda - Fulton/Hawken
A 20 minute conversation as part of the long conversation day about media, transparency, environmentalism, and tradeoffs at many may different levels:
link
Rules for Radicals - Carl Malamud →
bureaucracies and strategies for engaging those who care and have power, and how to deal with those for whom only the latter is true.
August 2010
1 post
What’s the core of what you do, rather than...
May 2010
1 post
From Social Innovation Conversations...
April 2010
3 posts
Related to last week.
Taken from the Do Blog (which you should also read):
Paul Hawken
Commencement Address by Paul Hawken to the Class of 2009, University of Portland, May 3, 2009
When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was “direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful.” Boy, no pressure there.
But let’s begin with the...
Paul Hawken: The New Great Transformation →
Audio in the downloads tab.
What this might try to be.
In iTunes, I have a folder called “Listen Again”, which is things that I thought I might want to listen to again in a few months, and which I actually did. I have a similar (although newer) folder in instapaper. I’ll probably queue things up so that they trickle out, once a month or so.
I’ll post them all (or links) here. It’s eclectic, long term, and diverse....