September 2010
44 posts
Galvanize.us: introducing Galvanize (a note from... →
galvanizeus:
This summer, as I was on a sabbatical in Santa Cruz, I was also secretly building a geolocative mobile application.
Last night, the application went live in the iPhone store and now I can tell you all about Galvanize, the way to hide and find real gifts with your friends. (Our Twitter…
“If we can’t change people, how can we change... →
Designing a system to shape a path to an outcome, rather than forcing the outcome itself.
Splat, Brooklyn, NY
Celine Pering in frog design’s Interpretations blog, You Ever Tried to…
Kushal Chakrabarti: Change Happens When Social... →
How to Start a Hedge Fund | Business | Vanity Fair →
“Have You Ever Tried to “Change” Your Spouse?”
– Have You Ever Tried to “Change” Your Spouse? | Blog | design mind
Gatekeepers of Relationships →
“Gatekeepers of relationships” are the most interesting businesses today, interesting because they force us to think about how technology shapes culture, how people integrate new interactions into…
Designing Education →
A bit about games, “designed experiences”, shifting spaces, and public education.
Through the rain, Manhattan, New York, NY
Sara Corbett in the New York Times, Learning by Playing:…
Making sens of these turbulent times: The... →
“If I wanted to put it a little less nicely, I’d say this. Marketing as we know it - and as we practice it - is based on the premise that a handful of imperious companies could, from the misty heights, talk down. That they could - if they invested enough cash in the black arts of persuasion -…
Stepping into the spotlight. →
Stepping into the spotlight. Taken at 5 ALIVE, a benefit event by NextAid and The White Ribbon Alliance
“Ideas are Networks” →
“Ideas are networks”, a frame for thinking about What Technology Wants and Where Good Ideas Come From, coming from a conversation in Wired between the authors Kevin Kelly and Steven Johnson,…
Where’s your spot in your city? →
This was Ken and Micheline’s coffee spot in Central Park, Manhattan. Where’s your spot in your city?
What’s your spot?, Central Park, New York, NY
The Economist Human Potential, September 15 and... →
Big thinking about global challenges. Highlighted photos of Richard Florida, John Maeda, John Hagel and Vivek Wadhwa from The Economist Ideas Economy: Human Potential 2010 conference, September…
Clinton Global Initiative, September 21, 2010 →
Photos from the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, September 21, 2010, the first day of the three day conference. More on Flickr and Facebook.
President Bill Clinton,…
@Mashable and @92Y Social Good Summit, September... →
@Mashable and @92Y Social Good Summit, September 20, 2010, kicking off UN Week. More photos on Facebook and Flickr.
Edward Norton, Mashable’s Social Good Summit, New York City
“The economy’s what we create every day, with... →
Pushing and pulling through the Brooklyn Flea.
Brooklyn Flea, Brooklyn, NY
Umair Haque, The Power to Pull Prosperity, talking about “The Power of Pull”:
[John Hagel, John Seely…
Financial Models for Entrepreneurs, continued →
An update on the two Excel financial model templates for entrepreneurs I built and released to the web. Download and donate.
Yes, financial models are always wrong. But it’s important to…
“It is not important if photographs are good. It’s... →
“It is not important if photographs are good. It’s important that they are interesting.” (source)
Remembering 9/11, New York City, NY
Perfect quote from a great essay by John…
“When you’re younger, think less and do more; when... →
“When you’re younger, think less and do more; when you’re older, do less and think more.” By John Maeda, via Jonathan Harris.
Doing, Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York
Based on…
“So, whether you buy into the Big Shift, the Great Reset, the Macropocalypse, the...”
– IGNITER » Blog Archive » Lessons in systemic entrepreneurship. The time is now.
“Doing good” will pay once we value the... →
What’s next in social enterprise to unlock the $120 billion market opportunity for individual impact investment? Impact investing will take off once we make consumption decisions that value the…
Comfort at the bottom of a cup →
Currently, it seems that my stomach will not slip into post-meal bliss until a cup of tea has been properly consumed.
Comfort, Brooklyn, NY
While I can’t make this, or this, I can…
Sheep and Ethical Business Behavior →
Are 80% of us sheep 80% of the time?
Locked out, Manhattan, New York City
Alan Patrick, The Economics of Unethical Behaviour:
… by and large 80% of us are sheep 80% of the time.
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Why We Don’t Need More Women In Tech… Yet « →
Very interesting post from Jolie O’Dell that discusses not just the reactions to the current inequality of women in tech, but the sociological reasonings behind that inequality. She opts to consider a long-term solution versus what she considers the inferior short-term approach. Whether you agree or disagree with her approach, setup, or conclusions, her logic is sound and it’s definitely worth a...
Participating in Public →
Participating in public, sharing an experience, one way to shape serendipity.
Yoga, Bryant Park, New York City
Above: the where we spend our time, and the how we spend our time,…
Small waves, bigger tides. →
Building on a Labor Day Monday, working on small moves, smartly made, putting big things in motion.
Small waves, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
Can private capital seed an entrepreneurial... →
Can private capital fund the gap between passion and profit necessary to create a sustainable entrepreneurial community? Or do governments need to invest non-returns-based capital to seed the
Help Make Our Next Magazine: The Work Issue - GOOD... →
“What are you putting off out of fear? Usually, what we most fear doing is what...”
– Tim Ferriss in The Four Hour Workweek, via The Rawness (via kareem)
“In other words the correct response to this thesis is “We know....”
– Wired’s last schtick is dead. Long live…. - broadstuff
In our future, passion and purpose pays. →
How would you answer the question What is the future we will make? Here’s my answer, and here’s how you can share your own answer with TEDxChange and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In our future, passion and purpose pays.
What do I mean?
In our future, doing good is good business, because …
… a business without a “social good” is not a sustainable business. And I’m not talking about...
