My Mashable post: 5 ways to boost your digital media career

As 2011 comes to a close, the economic situation remains bleak. Usually, graduate school applications rise during a depressed job market, but the ongoing uncertainty has discouraged some potential students from pursuing a graduate degree — MBA applications are down 10%,

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My Mashable post: 5 ways to boost your digital media career

As 2011 comes to a close, the economic situation remains bleak. Usually, graduate school applications rise during a depressed job market, but the ongoing uncertainty has discouraged some potential students from pursuing a graduate degree — MBA applications are down 10%,

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Robert Schenkkan

Facebook is dead to me: long live Facebook!

So what’s with “People in my neighborhood” anyway?  At first, it was to tell some short stories about interesting people I meet on a regular basis.  And it gave me the opportunity to show off a wonderful new Olympus 45mm

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Robert Schenkkan

Facebook is dead to me: long live Facebook!

So what’s with “People in my neighborhood” anyway?  At first, it was to tell some short stories about interesting people I meet on a regular basis.  And it gave me the opportunity to show off a wonderful new Olympus 45mm

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Alabaster bust of King Tutankhamen, taken with Lytro camera

King Tut, storytelling and the Lytro light field camera

I attended the opening King Tut gala last night at the Pacific Science Center (I’m on the Board of Directors). Obviously, the story of Tut is an amazing one — boy king who dies at 19, but fulfills the pharaoh’s

Alabaster bust of King Tutankhamen, taken with Lytro camera

King Tut, storytelling and the Lytro light field camera

I attended the opening King Tut gala last night at the Pacific Science Center (I’m on the Board of Directors). Obviously, the story of Tut is an amazing one — boy king who dies at 19, but fulfills the pharaoh’s

Chef Wolfgang Puck at our table

Epic storytelling, name dropping, and a 30-course dinner

Over the years, some of my students have asked me to recount stories from my “glory days” when I traveled the world on behalf of a TV news network. I always resisted, because I never liked it when the old-timers

Chef Wolfgang Puck at our table

Epic storytelling, name dropping, and a 30-course dinner

Over the years, some of my students have asked me to recount stories from my “glory days” when I traveled the world on behalf of a TV news network. I always resisted, because I never liked it when the old-timers

New York City Michael Bloomberg at Internet Week

Teaching the world’s media capital a thing or two

“Boy was I ever important,” New York Times columnist David Carr declared during his Internet Week keynote. That’s when the newspapers’ presses – located one floor below — would come to life after he had submitted an important scoop, “and

New York City Michael Bloomberg at Internet Week

Teaching the world’s media capital a thing or two

“Boy was I ever important,” New York Times columnist David Carr declared during his Internet Week keynote. That’s when the newspapers’ presses – located one floor below — would come to life after he had submitted an important scoop, “and

Billy Beane watching Brad Pitt in "Moneyball" trailer

Sitting next to Billy Beane watching him watch Brad Pitt in Moneyball

You think that the guy who Brad Pitt played in the movie “Moneyball” would get tired of watching his movie star doppleganger. Billy Beane is keynoting the start to Internet Week, with its focus on “Big Data, Big Solutions.”  And

Billy Beane watching Brad Pitt in "Moneyball" trailer

Sitting next to Billy Beane watching him watch Brad Pitt in Moneyball

You think that the guy who Brad Pitt played in the movie “Moneyball” would get tired of watching his movie star doppleganger. Billy Beane is keynoting the start to Internet Week, with its focus on “Big Data, Big Solutions.”  And

MCDM Startup City booth

Internet Week in New York City, Startup City?

We’ve just arrived in New York for Internet Week. Certainly, it’ll be a fruitful time for us: an MCDM booth at Startup City, a Happy Hour (already near capacity) in collaboration with Shauna Causey and Decide.com, and a tonload of friend-raising

MCDM Startup City booth

Internet Week in New York City, Startup City?

We’ve just arrived in New York for Internet Week. Certainly, it’ll be a fruitful time for us: an MCDM booth at Startup City, a Happy Hour (already near capacity) in collaboration with Shauna Causey and Decide.com, and a tonload of friend-raising

photo by Chantal Andrea // www.chantalandrea

Four Peaks TV grand finale: Hacking Edu

Watch now in HD on UWTV (and embedded below) our final Four Peaks show for the season.  As we move away from an industrialized, hierarchical model to a more nimble, collaborative one, how do we need to learn? What are we willing to

photo by Chantal Andrea // www.chantalandrea

Four Peaks TV grand finale: Hacking Edu

Watch now in HD on UWTV (and embedded below) our final Four Peaks show for the season.  As we move away from an industrialized, hierarchical model to a more nimble, collaborative one, how do we need to learn? What are we willing to

Rosie at birthday party

Best video editing app for the “new” iPad? No contest…

Avid Studio is totally up to the task.  Simple enough to be intuitive, powerful to make some fine tune edits.  I think I fell out with iMovie on the Mac in 2008 (yucky interface), it does not redeem itself on

Rosie at birthday party

Best video editing app for the “new” iPad? No contest…

Avid Studio is totally up to the task.  Simple enough to be intuitive, powerful to make some fine tune edits.  I think I fell out with iMovie on the Mac in 2008 (yucky interface), it does not redeem itself on

Hacking Edu -- Courtesy Dan Thornton

Here’s why we’re re-imagining higher education (a good excuse for a party too, so join us)!

We’ve been “Hacking Edu” aggressively so far this month, with our successful Happy Hour last week, and tonight’s student-propelled Advisory Roundtable dinner.   It’s our attempt to boldly re-imagine higher education, moving away from an industrialized, hierarchical model to a more

Hacking Edu -- Courtesy Dan Thornton

Here’s why we’re re-imagining higher education (a good excuse for a party too, so join us)!

We’ve been “Hacking Edu” aggressively so far this month, with our successful Happy Hour last week, and tonight’s student-propelled Advisory Roundtable dinner.   It’s our attempt to boldly re-imagine higher education, moving away from an industrialized, hierarchical model to a more

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Higher Ed on the precipice: hacking a solution in April

I direct a highly-respected graduate program for professionals looking to engage and persuade through digital platforms.  Over the last decade, that technology has severely disrupted business models that were once held sacrosanct in the industrial age: journalism, music, politics, mass communications.  We

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Higher Ed on the precipice: hacking a solution in April

I direct a highly-respected graduate program for professionals looking to engage and persuade through digital platforms.  Over the last decade, that technology has severely disrupted business models that were once held sacrosanct in the industrial age: journalism, music, politics, mass communications.  We

mcdm009

Our best show yet? The Economics of Passion

The March episode of Four Peaks just flowed when we recorded it.  This is how we framed it: Creative, intellectual and artistic pursuits lead to a fresh perspective and an entrepreneurial mindset. We’ll talk to renowned photographer Chase Jarvis, whose

mcdm009

Our best show yet? The Economics of Passion

The March episode of Four Peaks just flowed when we recorded it.  This is how we framed it: Creative, intellectual and artistic pursuits lead to a fresh perspective and an entrepreneurial mindset. We’ll talk to renowned photographer Chase Jarvis, whose

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Shabbat Shalom — why I’m unplugging at sundown Friday

[UPDATE: You can now listen to the audio from my radio interview with KUOW's Ross Reynolds on The Conversation about the National Day of Unplugging -- just before I unplugged.] I lived in Israel for nearly four years as a

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Shabbat Shalom — why I’m unplugging at sundown Friday

[UPDATE: You can now listen to the audio from my radio interview with KUOW's Ross Reynolds on The Conversation about the National Day of Unplugging -- just before I unplugged.] I lived in Israel for nearly four years as a

11-22-63-cover

My top 3 recent “must-consume” pieces of pop culture storytelling

1. 11/22/63 Stephen King: ”On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back

11-22-63-cover

My top 3 recent “must-consume” pieces of pop culture storytelling

1. 11/22/63 Stephen King: ”On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back

Dr. Jane McGonigal: Reality is Broken

Hacking Edu: My 7 “Whoa’s!” at SXSW Edu

A different kind of geek parade now descends upon Austin as SXSW Edu wraps up and SXSW Interactive revs up.  I’m overlapping between the two events to welcome our MCDM Flip The Media SXSW team (check out our blog redesign!),

Dr. Jane McGonigal: Reality is Broken

Hacking Edu: My 7 “Whoa’s!” at SXSW Edu

A different kind of geek parade now descends upon Austin as SXSW Edu wraps up and SXSW Interactive revs up.  I’m overlapping between the two events to welcome our MCDM Flip The Media SXSW team (check out our blog redesign!),

Blurry me and Levar Burton

LeVar Burton, SXSW and Storytelling

I vowed last year not to return to SXSW’s “Tricorder Nation” of interactive cool dudes head down in their devices.  So how funny it is that I attended actor/educator LeVar Burton’s keynote tonight at SXSW Edu.  No the former Star

Blurry me and Levar Burton

LeVar Burton, SXSW and Storytelling

I vowed last year not to return to SXSW’s “Tricorder Nation” of interactive cool dudes head down in their devices.  So how funny it is that I attended actor/educator LeVar Burton’s keynote tonight at SXSW Edu.  No the former Star