Hacking Business Models
I’ve been doing a lot of interviewing lately. Beyond meeting some really nice people, this means I have to explain what the idea of Business Design is a lot. To be honest, it’s not always an easy...
View ArticleEducation Through Deception
I happened upon this video via Russell Davies. You should watch it. This video is important because we are all sitting on a massive shift toward online education, (I’m convinced of it.) The number of...
View ArticleDesigning for the Echo Chamber
Ok, this is the piece I wanted to write when I started my last post. The idea of the echo chamber isn’t new, but I wanted to work through a few things to figure out how to start tackling it. So the...
View ArticleDissecting Serendipity
(For the next few posts I’m going be sorting through some thoughts on Serendipity. I proposed a panel around the topic because it seemed like a good way to force myself to dig deeper into the idea. You...
View ArticleExploring vs. Committing
(Note: This is a piece is part of a larger exploration I’m working on around serendipity. You can find all the articles here.) Most of us are pretty familiar with the trade-off that exists between...
View ArticleLuck & the Network
(Note: This is a piece is part of a larger exploration I’m working on around serendipity. You can find all the articles here.) It would be impossible to explore serendipity and not spend a lot of time...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Social Filtering
So this morning, I started playing around with Quibb (w/some help from Andrew Weissman - thnx Andrew.) I’ve not spent lots of time with the service, but very quickly it had me thinking about how we...
View ArticleThe Future: Near & Far
I was catching up with David Cranor today. He’s one of the smarty-pants people who helped bring the Form 1, and we had a great chat. David’s been hanging out in Shenzhen, marveling at the ecosystem...
View ArticleRebirth of the Newsletter
After a week of vacation (which was excellent), I needed to go through the normal re-entry of catching up on all the emails I had missed in my absence. In the middle of the missives, it dawned on me...
View ArticleThe Art of Savoring
I spent this weekend working with the Director’s Fellows at the MIT Media Lab. It’s an amazingly diverse group of people united by a passion for making things that make the world better. Each Fellow is...
View ArticleThe Rot of Pop-Intellectualism
I just read an academic paper for the first time in 6-7 years(?). It was a pretty refreshing experience. Which is something I never, ever thought I would say. It occurred to me how much post-degree...
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