Ethical Ocean

February 8, 2010

I’m pretty excited today. Ethical Ocean, an online store for ethically sourced goods, has launched. EO is a business founded by a couple of friends from EWB. I remember sitting in a London flat a couple years ago, listening as they sketched out the first steps. It’s great to see it live.
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Idea Blast

February 5, 2010

I never thought the idea generation part of my brain would be so exhausted. It’s been basically 24 hours of idea generation and collaborative problem solving around start up ideas and The First Drop. It’s completely invigorating.
It’s that point in a 3+ hour problem solving/brainstorming session where one piece of the puzzle drops, smiles flick [...]

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Two Approaches to Motivation, From Pacino and Baldwin

February 2, 2010

Foul language alert.

Courtesy, and an extension of a class discussion.
So: which do you respond to better? Why? What are the motivational elements of each one?
Sure, most of us don’t make daily speeches in front of failing football teams. But if we have any ambition at all, we do strive to influence others. Understanding how we [...]

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Superglue

February 1, 2010

Every superglue directions reads something like “should fingers stick together apply a solvent such as acetone to contact areas then rinse with water.”
I used to think … idiots. Who would do that.
I no longer judge.
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Promoting Something? Get Two Points of Contact

January 31, 2010

There’s influence in getting two points of contact. Let me explain. Back when I had the geographic stability and facilities to do it, I used to throw quite a few parties. A few were duds, but most went off nicely. Making a real party happen is all about anticipation and momentum. I always knew we [...]

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Yesterday I Totally Microwaved a Lecture

January 29, 2010

The inventors of the microwave thought their device would be used for cooking whole meals from scratch. It never really was, but users found out that it reheated food pretty well, saving the appliance from the graveyard of failed inventions.
Yesterday, rendered immobile by back pain, I Skyped in to listen to a 3 hour lecture [...]

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The Depth of Comment-Based Online Discussion in Canada

January 27, 2010

“This Anonymous person is a total whack-job.”
“Oscar say: We have no Can Con requirement to play Canadian movies at Canadian movie theatres, jackass!”
Now the the U.S. has completed its military occupation of Haiti, the CBC will go back to reporting feel-good propaganda stories while Haiti is cannibalized by foreign powers and corporations.
“Greedy french bastards! Stay [...]

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‘That would make a good photo’

January 26, 2010

‘That would make a good photo’
I thought this today, as I rode by a postered wall on my chilly ride to school. I immediately raised my eyes skyward and whispered thanks. To what? I’m not yet completely sure. Let’s save the spiritual bulk of this discussion to another day. The dominant emotion was of thanks.
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Flashback to War Times

January 25, 2010

My mom found this newspaper recently. The date? September 8th, 1943. Italy had just quit WW2. But what is fascinating is the extent to which the war dominated the discourse. Through the newspaper there is virtually nothing that isn’t related to it somehow. Articles, war bonds, movies, comics, cigarettes, classifieds (remember those?): everything tied in [...]

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Shot of the Day: End of the Night

January 22, 2010

Cambridge, Colleen.
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