Guest Post on the Maven Circle Blog: On Secrets and Community
Jen and Jena at the Maven Circle are focusing on community over on their blog this month, and they asked me to write a guest post on the topic, related to Mighty Ugly. So I wrote about secrets. Go read and comment! FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1MoreLinkedInEmailRedditDiggTumblrStumbleUponJen and Jena at the Maven Circle are focusing on community over on their blog this month, and they asked me to write a guest post on the topic,...
Read MoreEmbracing the Ugly Side of Business: Video
Back at Hello Etsy in Portland over a year ago, I was pretty stoked to see that all the workshops were being recorded. Editing those videos and correcting for challenging sound conditions led to most of the videos not being released, but I was asked a question last week that led me to poke one of the conference organizers to see if there was a video of my session kicking around. And there was (thanks, Isaac)! So if you have a spare 45 minutes and want to feel like I’m sitting right next to you, talking a lot in your ear, take a look. In fact, there’s not much to actually see, so...
Read MoreInterviewed on Mochimochi Land
You know Mochimochi Land, yes? Anna Hrachovec makes the most relentlessly cute, extremely wee knitted creatures. She writes books about them, too. I had the pleasure of meeting her in person at Maker Faire New York a few weeks ago, and we ended up trading interviews. (You’ll see quotes from her in a magazine article I wrote when it comes out in a few months.) She asked me pretty much the best set of interview questions I’ve ever been asked, about creativity, creative business, Mighty Ugly, Taco Hat TV, crochet… I wish I hadn’t been so wiped from the continuing...
Read MoreVancouver Mini Maker Faire 2012, Visual Recap
I love Maker Faire so much I became a founding member of Vancouver’s Maker Foundation, which was set up this year by Emily Smith, the woman responsible for launching the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire. We have big plans. I’m so very excited to be a part of it. I had Mighty Ugly going all weekend, with the unwavering help of four of the most dedicated, amazeballs volunteers in the history of working for free. Diana, Donna, Fiona and Amanda, THANK YOU. My brain hasn’t fully recovered from the whirlwind, after which my parents stayed in town for another week of awesome visit,...
Read MoreBringing Mighty Ugly to Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2012
By which I mean, like, TODAY. Or, well, we’re setting up today. The event is tomorrow and Sunday from 10am-6pm at the PNE Forum, at Hastings and Renfrew here in Vancouver. (And it is going to rock.) See the state of my hatchback: Which contains, amongst many other things, these things: So come by booth E4 and make an ugly creature on purpose! FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1MoreLinkedInEmailRedditDiggTumblrStumbleUponBy which I mean, like, TODAY. Or, well, we’re setting up today. The event is tomorrow and Sunday from 10am-6pm at the PNE Forum, at Hastings and Renfrew here...
Read MoreLongshot Radio on Creativity and Failure (I’m on It!)
A couple years ago, I followed the inception of Longshot magazine (then called 48 Hours), which was a full print magazine issue some very smart magazine people put together from submissions to print-ready in just two days. I didn’t know that some very smart radio people had started occasionally doing the same thing in radio, too. Until last week, when I stumbled onto an announcement that Longshot Radio, in conjunction with Radiolab and the 99% Conference, were going to do their thing again, this time on the topic of creativity, revision and failure. As it happens, I’ve had the...
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