The Tree of Life: Movie Review
I like Terrence Malick films, but I don’t recommend them for everyone. The Thin Red Line is one of…
I like Terrence Malick films, but I don’t recommend them for everyone. The Thin Red Line is one of…
To follow up on my open letter to conference organizers, here’s an open letter for speakers. Dear Speaker: Most…
There’s a great series of short films on Creativity, called Everything is a Remix, by Kirby Ferguson. It explores…
“Whenever I start working on a song, I immediately try to forget everything, to empty my hands and head…
I recently spoke at the Design Management Institute’s Make it Happen event. As an experiment, with the permission of the…
Few people think about blood until they’re at the hospital in an emergency, and learn the only thing that…
A long running debate in my own mind is the difference between arrogance and confidence. Here are two definitions:…
I ran a session at FOO camp on Why Great Ideas Fail. The goal was to leave the room with…
I was invited back to O’Reilly’s FOO (Friends Of O’Reilly) camp, an unconference weekend event held at O’Reilly Media’s HQ…
As promised, here are answers to all of the questions from Yesterday’s Webcast on Innovation. mFree chapters for The…
For awhile now I’ve done readers choice posts – and I used the now defunct slinkset.com as a way…
I was thinking recently about skepticism in small sample sizes. How its wise to doubt big claims based on…
Update: You missed it. It’s over. But you can read the Q&A and watch the recording here. Thanks to…
To say an idea, or a technology, is dead, mostly reveals an ignorance for how ideas work. If you…
“I started coming to the conclusion that cynicism is intellectual cowardice. It’s basically you not taking the time to…
Here’s the live version of my Ignite talk on writing, where I give voice commentary over 30x time-lapsed video…
A privilege of having a popular blog is sometimes smart people come by and calmly, warmly, without a hint of snark,…
Dear college graduates: I will share what no one told me when I graduated: live for yourself. Do not…
There’s something captivating about movies where you don’t know all the rules, but care to stick around to find…
My favorite Buddha quote, in honor of his birthday: Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who…