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I was Born to Rock and Roll
June 10, 2008
Tony’s pictures from RockCamp sent me down a peculiar line of thought.
My generation, Gen-X is the first generation to grow up on rock ‘n roll. We are also the first generation to maintain our attachment to rock music well into adult life. To this day, my heroes are musicians.
I may be an extreme [...]
Slow Work
June 7, 2008
Over the past few years ‘foodies’ have been extolling the virtues of slow food, a philosophy of eat local and organic that has taken off around the world. In the UK, for example, the southwest part of the country is full of organic farms, local delivery, and small slow-food restaurants in former pubs-turned-gourmet hotspots. Perhaps [...]
In Praise of Vacation
June 5, 2008
Just had my first meeting with Bandit in what seems like weeks and wow!, what a difference a good vacation makes! I’ve never seen Bandit (a chartered member of workaholics anonymous) so fricken relaxed. Wired on coffee I just rabbited on like a fool, and he quietly let me carry on while he processed.
He rarely [...]
Coworking and the Fast 50
June 3, 2008
Each year Fast Company magazine solicits nominations for innovative businesses (the Fast 50) that are, in their words, helping to make the world a better place. Their call for nominations from 2007 reads like this:
This year’s focus: Our sixth annual global readers challenge will spotlight businesses that are helping to save the world. We’re looking for [...]
Independence and (In)Security
June 2, 2008
In the larger conversation about coworking, the one word that captures the spirit of the scene is ‘community.’ While this is more so the case in some cases than others, the need for community is central to most coworking spaces and Jelly communities. We all need to get out of our PJs and mingle with other [...]
The Anthropology of Work
May 27, 2008
Some time ago I posted a piece on The Anthropology of Twitter. I am more and more convinced that the micro-channels of communication that connect so many people in so many directions today will have a profound impact on the course of cultural evolution going forward. For the most part that impact will be positive, I think, but only [...]
Design This!
May 14, 2008
Bandit and I are now deep into the writing part of our book project, and every now and then I surface to look down on what it is we are doing.
We are trying to make sense of the unfolding relationships (plural, because there will be many) between independent/independent-minded Millennial technologists and creatives, on the one [...]
Inbox Null
May 9, 2008
I’ve been listening to a lot of talk about inbox management techniques. I think I’ve stumbled on the optimal solution. People don’t send e-mail if they know you’re not listening.
It’s not enough to ignore their e-mail. If you don’t reply, they will either 1) optimistically assume you haven’t had time to read it [...]
Best Advice You Ever Received?
May 7, 2008
A recent article in Fortune explores the ‘best business advice’ that several well-known business leaders received along the way in their careers. Nell Minow, cofounder of the corporate governance watchdog The Corporate Library, says that the best advice she ever received was to not hesitate to work part time when it fit her life-schedule. That balance has [...]
‘A’ Player My Ass
May 7, 2008
Harvard Business Review periodically writes about how to manage ‘A Players,’ B Players or, occasionally, even C Players. As for managing C Players, they suggest, basically, keep the dude on a short leash and if he even breaks wind sack him!
As for A Players they get it all wrong, as usual. HBR editors summarize one A [...]