• Get on with it: notes from a learning revolution-in-progress at SXSW Edu

    Although we hosted TEDx Seattle in 2010, I don’t regularly seek out TED talks. However, here at SXSW Edu, Sugata Mitra’s Build a School in the Cloud from earlier this month was mentioned as “must-view” on multiple occasions. On top of that, he won the TED prize for his concept of the Self Organizing Learning…

  • Awesome video, music: The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)

    I’ve been a longtime fan of progressive rock impresario Steven Wilson. From Porcupine Tree to his work as a audiophile’s dream producer of Marillion, King Crimson and (soon) XTC, Wilson is serious about what matters to me: thoughtful music, haunted storytelling, audio and multi-platform, multi-channel media. His new solo album, The Raven That Refused to…

  • Four reasons why the social network I have decided to invest in is…

    …LinkedIn. In the last week, I’ve gone on a Connections binge because I finally realized how important this platform is — something I’ve never done on any other social network. I already jettisoned my original Facebook account and access it only via browser (and not via mobile app because I don’t trust it on my…

  • Why I still do TV

    Yes that photo above is slightly over-the-top, with a slightly over-the-top statement, but I truly do believe in Seattle’s storytelling secret sauce. That’s because it’s a claim that goes beyond 20th century mass communication equivalencies of media (New York City) and entertainment (Los Angeles). It’s not just about the creation of content for consumption, but…