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Because it’s a “Communication First” world (and why my latest keynote begins with when I chartered a 737 for $70,000)

I realize that I need to truly rise to the occasion for an upcoming season of public appearances. I succeeded Ariana Huffington and Julep’s Jane Park as the August keynote for Zillow’s Speakers Series, with the company’s CMO as my host and its CEO live-tweeting the event. I interviewed Silicon Valley’s “most feared” journalist, Re/Code’s Kara Swisher in Portland as opening…
The face behind the mask of technology: Kraftwerk comes to Seattle

I surprised myself by buying the last available ticket at the last minute to see an electropop group I had deliberately disregarded during my Guitar God childhood. But recently, I had acquired a few of Kraftwerk’s classic albums (ironically on vinyl). John Cook’s post at GeekWire alerted me to Kraftwerk’s presence in my town and…
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

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…

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Because it’s a “Communication First” world (and why my latest keynote begins with when I chartered a 737 for $70,000)

The face behind the mask of technology: Kraftwerk comes to Seattle

Dystopia vs. the Braintrust: Tech’s literal choice

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