Category Archives: General Ramblings

More PDF 2012 – Carne Ross and The Revolution Of Us

Carne Ross used to be part of the establishment until he became disillusioned with it. Now he is part of the Leaderless Revolution, which he has written about and lives. He believes that we need to take back our agency … Continue reading

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Female Bits, The Internet, And Us

Deanne Zandt spoke out at the Personal Democracy Forum recently in a thoughtful talk about the new power of the Internet. 2011 and 2012 have been banner years for the introduction of the Internet to the world. The world that … Continue reading

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Seeing Past Ourselves

      To really see what’s around us, we need to see past ourselves first to understand the view. Anais Nin understood that our vision can be skewed by a simple thing: us. Our view of the world is … Continue reading

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Nothing Stands In Christine’s Way

http://youtu.be/o1uGywpkzW4 Ok, there are a lot of onions on Reddit again. Here’s a portion of the episode (starts at 2:30), Master Chef, from season 3 which features a surprising contestant. Her name is Christine Ha and she wants to win the … Continue reading

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Doing It For Love

Rodney Mullen is known in the skateboarding world. He’s the Godfather of Skateboarding. He’s also known outside of it because he still continues to do what he does for love. What’s so awesome about this Ted talk at USC is … Continue reading

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The Brilliance Of Old And New

                      It’s a political campaign like no other – perhaps it’s the uncampaign that is emerging with this new era that is gaining in fire. Politics is a smash of … Continue reading

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Now You Know It Anyway

Polder Animation created a story, Now You Know It Anyway, that tells the battle that all writers (actually all creatives) fight. We all create because we have something to share, just like the young heroine of this short. And once … Continue reading

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Macrowikinomics

So, all of this week, I’ve been feeling really put out. Like a horse that got put out into the middle of a dry desert with no horizon in sight. Yeah, I figured that the elections had partly to do … Continue reading

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The Cause of (My) Depression

Sorry but I have to get this out so that I can refocus. Check out this image by Donkey Hotey that describes the train wreck that is known as the US elections:                 … Continue reading

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Sometimes English Isn’t Easy

Mathieu Cuvelier and Lucy Crook worked with The Viral Factory to create this adorable video of Cambodian kids trying to say the hardest word in English. Granted it’s a nonsensical word, but it’s also our most famous one: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. If … Continue reading

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