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Working hard is overrated
I've seen a lot of hard working entrepreneurs fail, and I've come to the conclusion that working hard, while never a bad thing, is not really the magic thing that leads to great inventions or successful outcomes. Edison, of the "Genius is 1% inspirat
Posted: Sep. 25, 2009 11:25 AM
How that idiot made 10 million dollars: Cities and Genius
In a recent article from the Wall Street Journal, David Byrne, front man of The Talking Heads and a resident of New York, talks about the perfect cities, and in one section says: The generous attitude towards failure that big cities afford is invalu
Posted: Sep. 18, 2009 03:09 AM
Products and how to build them
On the Berg Blog, Matt Webb summarized the learnings from Justin's post about the evolution of GameLayers and what they've learned in the process of moving from their 'passively multiplayers online game' to Dictator Wars on Facebook. These are great
Posted: Sep. 12, 2009 10:22 AM
Ken Robinson on schools and how they kill creativity
One of the best days of my life was May 30 of this year when I received an Honorary Doctorate from RISD. I've always had tremendous respect for John Maeda from his time at Media Lab, and he is now the President of RISD. Amazing students have emerged
Posted: Sep. 8, 2009 03:23 PM
CNN Article on Wikipedia: Correcting my quote
I'm quoted today Today's CNN article on Wikipedia "She said some user-generated sites need an "army of backbreaking community management martinets," or people who help steer conversations in a productive direction, to keep these sites functioning we
Posted: Aug. 26, 2009 12:44 PM
Ruby Fern
Annie talks to her Grandma, Ruby Fern, 103 years old. A lot of her memories that day went all the way back to when she was a young girl living on the family farm in Arkansas. All the family, aunts, uncles and cousins had little houses on the on
Posted: Aug. 25, 2009 05:53 PM
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word. All our knowledge brings us nearer
Posted: Aug. 13, 2009 01:51 PM
When is enough enough?
When is enough, enough? - make thousands more decisions on Hunch.com
Posted: Aug. 6, 2009 04:11 PM
Alain de Botton on Winners, Losers and the Meritocracy
A warm, witty talk from writer-philosopher Alain de Botton that will change the way you think about success. He'll also change how you think about luxury cars: "When you see someone in a Ferrari, don't think, 'This is a greedy person.' Think: 'This i
Posted: Aug. 5, 2009 11:36 AM
Creative Commons - Course Materials for Community Colleges
We had a board meeting for Creative Commons this past weekend, hosted at Google (where SciFOO was also taking place!) and one of the things we discussed extensively was our progress in making course materials available using CC licenses. Today ther
Posted: Jul. 14, 2009 09:37 PM