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  • Dystopia vs. the Braintrust: Tech’s literal choice

    Dystopia vs. the Braintrust: Tech’s literal choice

                  UPDATE: My teaching colleague Brent Friedman and I decided to choose both books for our class. Brent is a successful Hollywood sci-fi writer, transmedia storyteller (especially for the Halo series), and now mobile network platform startup co-founder. We agreed that science fiction can be as relevant as fiction…

  • iBeacons in the darkness and why museums mean so much to this storyteller

    iBeacons in the darkness and why museums mean so much to this storyteller

    I don’t know how it happened. In my transition from TV journalist to independent media maker, to now educator and public convener I became a museum guy. After all, aren’t museums those quaint, high maintenance, heavy infrastructure monoliths of centuries gone by? Why look up from our screens when all in creation is available at…

  • A need to pivot. My four lessons

    A need to pivot. My four lessons

    To pivot: a change in direction, sometimes despite great present-day success. Breathless future-facing magazines laud this move. Indeed, Fast Company’s “The Pivot” series does so as it: …explores those destiny-altering decisions made by companies that have gone on to great success. Read more about their course corrections–and alternate endings. I’ve recently experienced four occasions of “pivoting”,…

  • So an iPad Mini, a Galaxy Note 3 and a Vivotab Note 8 walk into an event…(now what about Office for iPad?)

    So an iPad Mini, a Galaxy Note 3 and a Vivotab Note 8 walk into an event…(now what about Office for iPad?)

    The subject line sounds like the setup to a joke, but it’s not. Neither is Microsoft announcing Office for iPad. Finally. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been experimenting with leaving my laptop behind and leaping into the fray armed only with a handheld smart device. I emceed the annual IN-NW social engagement conference with…