Category Archives: Storytelling

my favorite TED talk

A lot of people like the talks about technology, or science, or environment-changing discoveries, or well-known leaders. But this is my favorite, and it’s one that I think most people haven’t seen about wisdom, moral courage and leadership.

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patents as part of the american experience

Ahh, 2006. It seems like such a long time ago! Back then I was working at Red Hat on OLPC and Microsoft had just accused free software of being Unamerican and communist. It was a good time, honestly, to know … Continue reading

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two good stories about the banks

I’m going to point out two good stories about the banks today. I thought they were both very informative. But mostly I thought they were worth posting because they were incredibly different in their style and approach. The first is … Continue reading

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some great writing tips from joss whedon

I liked this enough that I thought it warranted an entire weblog post.  Joss Whedon has a top ten list of writing tips.  I’m always looking for good advice on writing and storytelling and I thought this was great: succinct, … Continue reading

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