July 2011
2 posts
Proposal: Google+Circles and #Squares
This whole Google+ circles model is still brand spankin’ new to the social media experience and we’re all still trying to figure out. Including Google.
In the meantime, Chris Messina who started the whole Twitter #hashtag thing (he’s currently on the Google+ team) is trying to figure out what’s next. Last night he posted this to Google+:
So, I suppose the question is,...
My Master Plan
Things change so quickly this day and age that having a plan just doesn’t cut it anymore. Adaptability and a willingness to throw everything you’ve planned for out the window at a moments notice are key to survival.
The point of this being is that anyone who says they have a master plan pretty much has a mark on their head.
Guess what?
I have a Master Plan!
(That’s with...
April 2011
1 post
Watch(via Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy | Video on TED.com)
December 2010
1 post
Kitchen Sink →
October 2010
3 posts
“In my latest game, Evoke, which I designed for the World Bank Institute, we...”
– http://www.oprah.com/world/The-2010-O-Power-List/5
punch-bot: face(-to-face)book →
punch-bot:
the story: for the longest time, i wouldn’t accept friend requests on Facebook from people I did not know in real life. it seemed silly. over the years, my resolve wavered, at least partially due to the fact that I started using Facebook as much for professional reasons as for personal….
plans vs reflexes
Lots of progress has been made in C4 Atlanta these past few months! We have firmly established the focus of our mission, built a strong team dynamic and have been putting pedal to the metal in getting all the infrastructure we’ll need in place to have as explosively impactful a 2011 as possible.
That’s not to say some things haven’t slipped through the cracks. Sometimes course...
August 2010
1 post
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on preparation and time management
I think the universe is speaking to me.
It’s telling me… I rely too much on technology. And that I’m not prepared enough for when it fails me. Which, this past week and a half, has been CONSTANT! And since last night’s thunderstorm knocked out power for a bit and fried my modem, I’ve had a some time to reflect upon the activity of preparation.
I’ve come to...
July 2010
5 posts
Yes, You Can Save the World with Startups - The... →
“The only firms that create jobs on average are brand new ones.”
Interesting notion. I think this is a gross oversimplification, but I’m going to ignore this and say I agree with the conclusion wholeheartedly!
Does Language Influence Culture? - WSJ.com →
“It turns out that if you change how people talk, that changes how they think. If people learn another language, they inadvertently also learn a new way of looking at the world. When bilingual people switch from one language to another, they start thinking differently, too.”
“Our mission is to increase the number of female founders of technology startups,...”
– Women 2.0 » Networking women entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley
on being a 'Captain'
There comes a time in your life when you feel pulled in multiple directions at once and don’t know which way to navigate. Worse, you feel as though you are being drawn and quartered and unable to escape the sheer number of commitments that have accumulated over time. Feeling alone and overwhelmed you fail to escape the shackles of routine and the lack of creative drive and purpose that...
May 2010
3 posts
awaking aboard the Zeitgeist
I awoke with a start this morning. At first I thought myself myself lost without a ship or crew. Mere moments later I realized that I’d awoken aboard the Zeitgeist and the terrible lucid nightmare I’d entered into through the blending of the Mystery’s inner and outer aspects was over: a reality bending dream that served as a trial before the Zeitgeist was ready to take us on our...
new friends
Joe Winter and I had spoken to each other at various conferences, events and the like a total of maybe three times over the past four years. We became ‘friends’ on facebook and twitter but never really spoke to each other directly save for the occasional comment and retweet. These interactions were enough however to give me the sense that we were both mutually aware of each...
what's in a name?
I’ve been asked by a number of people why I’ve chosen to take on a pseudonym to engage the public sphere.
First off, I don’t consider it to be a pseudonym! Rather, ‘Captain Lyre Calliope’ is my stage name.
And all the world’s a stage.. is it not?
April 2010
6 posts
assembling a scouting party
This past week, the Georgia State Legislature passed a budget that effectively does away with the Georgia Council for the Arts. This will be a major blow to the local arts community.
http://blogs.ajc.com/arts-culture/2010/04/14/georgia-council-for-the-arts-facing-elimination/
This is however a microcosm of a larger trend in which the currency of art has been losing value within our society. I...
charting the course
The more skeptical have asked me where it is I intend to travel with my crew. The answer I typically give is “forwards.” I understand that this is not an answer for some, so let me be more precise.
There are many directions and numerous dimensions through which we may travel.. but only one that is relevant; simply, we travel forwards through time!
They say it is the journey, not...
Techcrunch: "To Steve Or Not To Steve?" →
“The Company is the Ultimate Work of Art, Not the Product”
Fantastic article, and fantastic quote! This is why it’s so important to assemble the right crew for any expedition, journey, or treasure hunt!
The measure of a Captain is his or her crew, just as the measure of an Artist is his or her art.
“For the first time in centuries, the creators in our economy are its...
Techcrunch: "Dear Authors, Your Next Book Should... →
Indeed! The iBooks app constrains artists into working with the same restrictions we’ve had for centuries since the printing press revolutionized the medium.
Now it’s time for the ‘book’ to evolve again into a new interactive multimedium that has never been seen, heard, or played with before!
carrots
As it turns out, my crew is in much disarray and lacks cohesion.
Evidently, many didn’t even realize that they were a member of my crew, nor that I am their Captain.
Shocking, I know!
This may turn into quite an affair as I may be forced to resort to dangling carrots to lure the crew back to the ship. This involves first finding the appropriate carrots to dangle!
And my ship. Wherever it...
details...
Getting ready to set sail in a few weeks! I wonder where my crew is.
For that matter, where’s my ship?
Drats!! I KNEW I’d forgotten something…