September 30, 2013
Creative culture has become something of a buzzword over the last few years. In the business world, companies are starting to believe they need to have a creative culture in order to compete in the marketplace. This, of course, depends entirely on the business and the market, but overall I think it’s true.
In my experience, creative culture can’t be engineered. It can be fostered. It can be grown. But the roots have to be there. And the roots are the people.
Continue readingJuly 9, 2013
WDS2013: When people would ask me what WDS was about, I really couldn’t tell them. I didn’t exactly know why I was going. I saw this video from WDS2012. I read the $100 Startup. I love entrepreneurship, adventure, travel, community—all the buzzwords I read on the site. But I still didn’t really know what to expect.
Continue readingMay 30, 2013
Ever notice that virtually anything looks more interesting in slow motion?
Making that slight alteration to a video often makes what you see look and feel poetic. Sometimes, it’s just giving you a view of something that moves too fast to really process. Other times, it’s just a slice of life.
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A while back, I discovered Niall Ferguson via a TED talk that he gave on what he called the 6 Killer Apps of Prosperity. It was a fascinating take on why Western Civilization rose to prominence. The last few years I’ve become a bit more preoccupied with history—especially the history of The United States. Change seems to be coming at a rapid rate. A lot of it not so good. The general rationale for the success of the U.S.A runs the spectrum from “American Exceptionalism” and divine providence to exploitation and war. None of those rationales ever really seemed right to me. They are too simplistic.
Continue readingDecember 6, 2012
A great deal of the lives we live and the societies we have built revolve around the creation of a “normal” life. They are structured. They have rules. These rules create expectations—expectations around our behavior. If we don’t operate within these expectations, we waste energy and resources. It is a necessity for a large society such as ours to function.
Continue readingNovember 6, 2012
Another election day is here. You’ll probably be glued to the TV, checking in on your phone, or chatting away on Facebook or Twitter. The day will end and we’ll either have a new president or a second term president. And I’ll bet you’ll be riding an emotional high or an emotional low.
Continue readingOctober 5, 2012
Oh, the daily commute. Mine used to be from the bedroom . . . to the spare bedroom. Now I get to share my trip with the masses. Well, this one’s for you, fellow Austinites. There are other roads than Lamar. Please take them. But if you can’t, and you have to share the road, try not to be one of these guys.
The World thanks you.
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