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The Creative Class and Crowdfunding

Last week I took a trip to Graz, a university town in southern Austria, to congratulate its fine residents for their most reasonable decision to remove my governor's name from their local soccer stadium. Just playing. But seriously, listen to Act One of This American...

The Artisan Internet and Digital Craftsmanship

Today I want to talk about a concept that is usually treated by the business community as quaint, if it is acknowledged at all. I want to talk about craftsmanship - a desire to do something well, for its own sake. The satisfaction that comes from creating something...

A Desire to do Something Well, For Its Own Sake

Internet Hungary was surreal. Unlike any other conference I've ever spoken at. The day before it began I was met at my hotel by my driver, the Hungarian version of Vin Diesel who I was sure spent all his spare time enacting scenes from Fast and Furious 1, 2, 3, and 4....

[Review] What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Somerset Maugham once wrote that in each shave lies a philosophy. I couldn't agree more. No matter how mundane some action might appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act. Sometimes I wonder how many miles - and in how many...

HIV Positive Bloggers Defy Stigma and Silence

Wherever you may be reading this - at the kitchen table with a spoonful of cereal in your mouth, at the office while you should be working, on your cell phone as you wait for the bus - please stop and consider this: what if your doctor calls you in the next five...