Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Looking to change your world? Give Poke a chance
Self help books usually don’t. The problem is they give you a plan that you didn’t create, to reach a goal you didn’t define, via methods you don’t normally use. If you’re struggling to lose weight or make a million dollars, it’s reassuring to have a safe, proven path laid out before you. But if this sort…
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The Domino Project
I love to create stories, and I’ve always been fascinated with how ideas wind their way from the people who come up with them into the people who want to hear them. From having a single oral tradition for our myths and legends, we can now use methods that our ancestors would have thought so…
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Pandora and The Whiz Dumb of Crowds
Image by National Library NZ on The Commons via Flickr I’m a big Pandora fan, and many moons ago I had an idea to make a spiffy new station – I’d crowdsource it. I put a tweet out asking for what song could you not resist getting up out of your chair and dancing to,…
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Bland Romance – Losing a client but regaining some perspective
Recently I’ve become a bit of a hypocrite in the advice I give about crafting your online brand. Fortunately it recently cost me a client, which helped sort me out. In general, my advice on this topic goes something like: Show your personality online, and don’t try to play it safe. Stand out, and you…
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SMAZ Presentation: Using Improv to build a genuine online brand
Earlier this year I spoke at the Social Media AZ conference in Tempe, and gave another revision of my talk on Improv + Social Media = BFF. As I explore the topic and give related talks, I’m drilling in on concepts that I think are both more practical and directly applicable. I’m still fascinated by…
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