Category: People in my neighborhood

  • 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 “Seattle 100” profiled influencers from industries that collectively bring a $13 billion in economic benefit…

  • 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!), connect with some friends at a Starbucks Speed Pitch session, and to attend an O’Reilly…

  • 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 Trek Next Generation star didn’t have any Trekkie technology on hand, but he certainly talked…

  • Seven steps to nuking your Facebook account then rebuilding on its ashes

    So as I’ve publicly declared, I’ve decided to end my Facebook life, only to rise again, tabula rasa (easier than “Timeline scrubbing” as one of my students put it).  It’s not a step that I took lightly.  But it was certainly easier than going through five years of updates and media to figure out what…