i have never read this post (still) but it’s been cited enough times for me to know that this is many people’s source for this idea. because of how ideas flow around the internet, i’m not sure how much my thinking about this topic has been influenced by people who have read it, but what follows are my own scattered thoughts.
Read more...last week, my friend aisha made a really good point in a conversation about boston. the way i understand what she said was this: boston is a great place to start things and a difficult place to sustain and grow things. boston has huge institutional resources, schools and hospitals mostly. but unless you’re inside of or deeply connected to one of those institutions, you don’t have access to those resources. one example she gave was how the number of art events she got invited to skyrocketed after she became friends with an artist who was working at an art school in town.
Read more...i’m really into the thinking of anil dash these days. this past weekend i stumbled on a recent episode of design matters that he was interviewed on. this is the first of two posts about that.
Read more...on the heels of me processing some thoughts (mostly from anil dash) about social media and news, i’ve had three conversations in the past three days about right-sizing/re-localizing social media.
Read more...march 3-4 was the 2017 national day of unplugging (ndu). i think i learned about the ndu through timewellspent. i put it on my calendar back in january, realized it was the day of the urban ag conference, and figured i’d do it anyways. i decided to do it sundown (536p friday) to sundown (538p saturday). here’s what came up for me:
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