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  • People in my neighborhood: Canal St. Coffee

    People in my neighborhood: Canal St. Coffee

    I have several “remote offices.”  One that I haven’t used in a while is Canal Street Coffee, in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood.  But on this day of meetings, it’s where I started.  First I met with Mariana Llamas Cendon, who was in my Narratives & Networks class last quarter (for a great “behind the scenes on…

  • 48 hour promo: Storyteller Uprising Kindle Edition FREE

    48 hour promo: Storyteller Uprising Kindle Edition FREE

    Big changes are afoot in the e-book world.  Apple is heavily rumored to announce a new publishing tool this week (a “GarageBand for e-books“).  And Amazon has declared its new KDP Select program for Kindle books to be a huge success: Amazon Prime customers “borrowed” 295,000 e-books in December. I’ve made Storyteller Uprising available on…

  • Despite it all, the incredible relevance of CES

    Despite it all, the incredible relevance of CES

    After the Consumer Electronics Show binge in Las Vegas last week, the guilt and remorse settle in — kind of like the day after Thanksgiving.  Was it too big?  Too flashy?  Why did we collectively gorge on stuff that we don’t really need?  Shouldn’t we reflect more upon the slave labor that makes these toys…

  • Smart cars at CES

    One of the big transformations at the Consumer Electronics Show was the heightened presence of car companies such as Ford, Audi, and Mercedes.  And they weren’t here to just showcase the latest in-vehicle entertainment systems.  Rather, as consumers become more acquainted with (and reliant upon) their mobile devices and social media connections, they’re more likely…