Do crazy innovations affect serious subjects?
Kestutis Gardziulis, one of my kickstarter supporters for Mindfire, asked this question: How do “crazy” innovations affect serious subjects?…
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When is it time to quit a job to follow a dream?
Andrew Rosen of Jobacle, one of my kickstarter supporters for Mindfire, had this request for a blog post: How do…
Can you thrive on a sinking ship?
Josh, one of my kickstarter supporters for my Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds, asked this question. My place…
Today is Mindfire day: Details for how to help
To help spread word of the new book, I’m asking everyone I know to tweet, post or facebook about…
Usability issue for Kindle on Amazon.com
Noticed a small usability issue with how Amazon.com promotes Kindle editions of print books. This is what’s known as…
Confessions of a self published author
Lisa James McKenzie, one of my kickstarter supporters, requested a behind the scenes summation of my experience self-publishing my new book,…
Quote of the week
“A lot of my job is taking what they bring and turning it into something. This is a chord…
How to understand the media (Review of The Influencing Machine)
We often talk about “the media” as if it were as singular monolithic thing, which it isn’t. Any argument…
Mindfire day Dec 7th: can you help?
Behind the scenes I’ve been working hard to generate PR for Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds. We’re up…
The Symbolic Violence of Twitter
One of my kickstarter supporters for Mindfire is a blogger and speaker in his own right: Luca Sartoni. He…
Quote of the week
American Masters recently released a two part documentary about Woody Allen (available online in U.S.), which I highly recommend if…
Take my course on Innovation, online, right now
A secret project I did with O’Reilly Media is now available online. For years I’ve taught full day workshops…
The fascinating history of Jelly Belly jelly beans (documentary)
Recently I watched a documentary about the history of the Jelly Belly company, called Candyman: The David Klein Story (Netflix streaming). I…
Innovation vs. mere improvement: how do you know what you have?
As part of my gift to some of my kickstarter supporters for Mindfire, I offered to write a blog…
Can you say much in 500 Words? Essays vs. Blogs
At the book launch party last week for Mindfire, I gave a short talk. Someone asked about the new…
Things I miss
Some things I miss: Having a diner a block away that serves breakfast until 4am A nearby playground where there’s…
How do you get wise? The story of Mindfire
I’m sneaky. While I write about business and creativity things, every 4th or 5th post here for years has…
In defense of flubs (and Rick Perry)
It is foolish to confuse a moment of forgetting with stupidity. All people who speak make mistakes. We forget…
Why give a book away for free?
Last week I decided to give away my new book, Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds, for free from…
Answering Proust: a fun interview
My friend Sara Peyton at O’Reilly Media interviewed me in ’08 using questions from the famous Proust questionaire. Recently I…