New site design launches Monday
Ryan Sommers at Sevenbold and I have been working on a redesign of scottberkun.com for the last few weeks.…
Latest Blog Posts
Questions for a bad question
I regularly take the the top voted question from readers and answer it in a post. With 85 votes, today’s winner was:…
Can You Have a Career In Solving Big World Problems?
I regularly take the the top voted question from readers and answer it in a post. With 41 votes, today’s winner was:…
Did you read Making Things Happen? Anniversary soon
Nearly 10 years ago, on May 2 2005, I published my first book, originally titled The Art of Project…
Why Bad Odds Can Be Good For You
Sometimes I have an idea for something I want to make. When I mention it to friends, I eventually…
Drawings inspired by The Myths of Innovation
Artist Amy Burvall took some of her favorite quotes from The Myths of Innovation and made them into drawings. Thanks…
Why I Love Bukowski (and my favorite quotes)
It was my friend Rich Grudman who first told me to read Bukowski. He gave me Post Office, about…
Book Review: The True Believer – Thoughts on The Nature of Mass Movements
Somewhere back in college I became familiar with The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements. It…
Copyeditor wanted: for The Ghost of My Father (memoir)
[This position has been filled. Thanks] My 6th book, The Ghost of My Father, is on the home stretch.…
Why The Best Idea Doesn’t Always Win
[This is an excerpt from the bestseller, The Myths of Innovation. You can read a summary of the entire…
My Automattic Anniversary
Four years ago, on August 4th 2010, I was hired at Automattic, makers of WordPress.com, as the first leader…
Speaking at Seattle’s Robots, Writers & Ciders
Later this month I’ll be speaking at a community arts event at Umqua bank in South Lake Union. You’ll…
How To Pitch Ideas: Q&A
Last night I ran a workshop on How To Pitch Ideas, hosted by the wonderful folks (Llewyn Paine, Emilie Thaler…
Vote On The Cover Design: Final Round
More than 350 of you voted for the previous round of cover designs. Thanks for your feedback dearest readers.…
Snowpiercer: Movie Review
I’m a fan of creative dystopia and when I saw the graphic novel Snowpiercer at Elliot Bay Books I…
How To Get Out Of A Bad Habit
I regularly take the the top voted question from readers and answer them in a post. With 62 votes, today’s winner…
Notes from World Domination Summit 2014
I speak Sunday spoke yesterday at the World Domination Summit in glorious Portland, Oregon. The event started Friday and it’s…
5 Questions that decide if Facebook crossed the line
There are 4 points and 5 questions at the heart of the latest drama around Facebook and ethics, and…
Why You Are Not Drowning In Data
[This essay appeared in issue #9 of Offscreen magazine] We love to blame the world because the world can’t…
The doors of Paris: a photo essay
I spent a few days in Paris last week (to speak at USI 14). For fun I took photos…