February 2012
8 posts
Learning how to hustle.
I’m an honest person by nature - aware of my strengths and even more conscious of where I fall short. I am highly competent in doing what is asked of me, and usually make an effort to exceed these expectations. Basically I strive to give you what you are looking for.
Note the magic words ‘what is asked of me’. What happens when the asking disappears and instead you need to...
La vie en rose.
Last week I had one of those experiences that you have, where past and present connect, and something that happened so many years ago gets some of the resolution you have been seeking all this time. So to the past…
When I was 15 years old, I boarded a (first international) flight to France, where I would live for three months on exchange, living with a host family and attending school over...
Some timely words from Bucky...
“I never try to tell anybody else what to do, number one. And number two, I think that’s what the individual is all about. Each one of us has something to contribute. This really depends on each one doing their own thinking, but not following any kind of rule that I can give out, any command. We’re all on the frontier, we’re all in a great mystery — incredibly...
@danielgulati's Your Friends Are Now Your... →
In this world where our social influence has more to do with our online ‘presence’ than our offline behaviour, it’s really interesting to delve deeper into the concept of you as a business and as a brand.
There are parts of me that see the value in treating my social media contributions like a product, specifically through Twitter, though I am much less concerned about my...
How To Pivot Faster Than Your Competition | Fast... →
A few good tricks to have in your productivity arsenal…
Fast Company article here.
2011: The tech bubble, where Australian venture...
Related to some research I’m doing right now on the state of Australia’s digital economy… Aussie start-up industry to turn a corner in 2012?
mboverell:
2011 was an up and down year, with 2-speed economies across the globe. In Australia, most of the talk has been of a ‘resource’ bubble (with sprinkles of ‘housing’). Elsewhere, froth was brewing from the ‘tech bubble 2.0’.
The...
Does The Online Education Revolution Mean The... →
From my friends at Skillshare, an amazing wrap of the ‘Education Harvest’, where you will be measured by the amount you take learning into your own hands, rather than the institutions who manage it for you.
The possibilities of what this could create can not excite me more - it makes individuals accountable for their own pathways as well as eroding the familiar worn routes to tertiary...
The proliferation of collaboration | Investing in... →
This comment on the ‘saturation’ of certain markets within the Collaborative Consumption space echoes my own thoughts when I see new start-ups emerging, usually claiming to be the ‘Airbnb of…’ But rather than having the potential to really reinvent an industry, these start-ups can often be actual cookie cutter versions of Airbnb within different verticals.
There is a...
November 2011
1 post
practice makes perfect.
For as long as I can remember I have had a particular view of how life should work, and what sequence things should occur in. Of course I was given constant reminders along the way that this isn’t really the most solid approach, and yet I have found myself still holding on to certain assumptions without recognizing the role they play in feeding my fears and uncertainties about next...
March 2011
1 post
The McGill Daily » The future of (un)consumption →
February 2011
1 post
Interview with Lauren Anderson: Collaboration... →
“I got triggered by the philosophy, that is quite similar to what we at Jelly say about coworking. Sharing. A few days after I read the article and after some research, I dropped Rachel and her team a few lines in order to have an interview. Lauren Anderson from the Collaborative Consumption team, and Enterprise Hub Coordinator at Vibewire Youth Inc., a coworking space, answered all our...
September 2010
4 posts
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How to Help Your Neighbors Go Solar →
Fitting your house out with a solar panel system can save money on future energy bills and contribute to reducing carbon emissions. Unfortunately, however, the initial cost of installing panels is still a major deterrent in people making the switch to alternative energy. 1 Block Off the Grid (1BOG) is helping people like Michael Martinez use group purchasing power to reduce these costs,...
OurGoods: BARTER REPORT from Caroline Woolard:... →
ourgoods:
I met Will Lisak at Trade School in February. He said he found Trade School online and was excited to connect to people who respect craft in NYC. The summer passed before I ran into him (this time at Brooklyn Kitchen). I remembered the leather bags, and that I had a stack of leather from Build it…
co-loco | It's fun to work around →
My new project, along with Josh, Adriaan and Mei: for co-workers and desk-owners alike!
Shareable: A School Without Money →
Trade School in session. Credit: Dan Phiffer
On New York’s Lower East Side, there is a creative community working hard to turn skills into a source of community, through a unique “school” where students barter for lessons.
Name: Christopher Robbins
Age: Christopher is in his 30s
City: New York
Career: Christopher’s work oscillates between public art and community development, and...
August 2010
17 posts
BJ Fogg's Behavior Grid →
therecognitioneffect:
“My grid describes 15 ways behavior can change. The purpose is to help people (including myself) think more clearly about behavior change.”
This could help you communicate and define your objectives — and therefore the interactions you design — more clearly. I can see this being tremendously helpful when talking with clients; something like this puts everyone on the same...
Peter Martin: What the independents want →
TO JULIA GILLARD and TONY ABBOTT Requests for information 1. We seek access to information under the ‘caretaker conventions’ to economic advice from the Secretary of the Treasury Ken Henry and Secretary of Finance David Tune, including the costings and impacts of Government and Opposition election promises and policies on the budget. 2. We seek briefings from the following Secretaries of...
Musings of an Inappropriate Woman: If the... →
And it turns out we agree on something for once. Kind of. With a few minor edits.
In which I reluctantly endorse Julia Gillard and Labor for your second-last preference:
…
Personally, though, I voted Green.
Read the full and original Herald-Sun editorial here.
Related: …
Shareable: How to Share Your Car with a Stranger →
For decades, owning a car has been a status symbol, and its possession and use a private thing. Traditional car rentals cater to those who need a car temporarily, but the real problem is that the average car sits idle for 23 hours per day. While services like Zipcar offer a solution in high density areas, they require a critical mass to be successful. With peer-to-peer carsharing,RelayRides offers...
Max Marmer » Blog Archive » Differentiating... →
A post for a blog friends of mine have started to try to describe and define a new class of ventures that are emerging. emergenttransformation.com
Q: How do you contrast these Emergent Ventures from Social Entrepreneurship? Are they a subset? A superset? A synonym?
A: First let’s define Social Entrepreneurship…
I consider Social Entrepreneurship to include any venture that creates a medium to...
Trash vs. Treasure « Plywood People →
My guest post for Plywood People…
In every kitchen cupboard, wardrobe, study or garage there lies a spur-of-the-moment purchase, long forgotten and gathering dust. For me, it’s a yogurt-maker I bought in an effort to be more aware of what I was eating. But when the health fad died, my yogurt-maker was relegated to a top kitchen cupboard only to be found when I next move house. This story is...
Shareable: How to Swap Cities →
Many people are drawn to extended travel, but are too afraid of sacrificing a great job. Conversely, visa constraints and language barriers often make the prospect of working overseas too challenging. Jose Poyatos and Andrew Zarick were well aware of these issues, but were determined to overcome them – and that’s when they found SwapYourShop. More…
“Prizes are good at forcing innovators to think about the metrics by which the...”
– Erika Wagner on Using Contests to Drive Radical Innovation. (via poptech)
A See-Through Concrete Block, Created With... →
An example of the potential of augmented reality technologies. What are the other possibilities for its application?
The Most Beautiful Way to Clean Up Space Junk: A... →
This one is especially for Michael Brett… but also for those who don’t know that space junk is a problem!
ReadFeeder | Read the books experts are blogging... →
Vibewire Enterprise Hub » Blog Archive » Save... →
Notes from my July fastBREAK presentation for Vibewire, addressing the topic, “What now?”
Now, I will forever have photographic evidence of my jetlag and travel bug from our trip to NYC which ended two days earlier… Looking like I would rather be in bed!
July 2010
6 posts
Megarillo's Musings: Collaborative Consumption. ... →
No, its not Tuberculosis for the 21st Century. Its a business model you should be preparing to wrap your head around; what’s mine, is ours!
http://www.collaborativeconsumption.com/
“Collaborative Consumption describes the rapid explosion in traditional sharing, bartering, lending,…
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Making Innovation Social « Social Innovation... →
What gap is created when we don’t include ourselves in these social innovation solutions? And how many of the issues that we try to address through social innovation are actually systemic problems flowing from the manner in which we all live? Perhaps if the word ‘social’ became the focus of ‘social innovation’, it would become more apparent that these solutions shouldn’t simply become a bubble...
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Landscape Design - the first step for Social... →
One of the key messages that emerged from Ezio Manzini’s masterclass a few weeks ago for me was the important notion that 20th Century determinants of success - upscaling in order to grow in dimension and magnitude - are potentially no longer relevant, and at least shouldn’t be the measures taken forward and emulated by the social innovation sector. It’s all too easy to be...
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Shareable: How to Tent-Surf Your Way to an iPhone →
On Tuesday, June 22, Chris Bank set up his two-man tent outside San Francisco’s Stockton St. Apple Store. While to many he would have looked like another die-hard Apple fan planning to be the first to buy an iPhone 4G, Chris had plans to rent the second space in his tent, sharing with his guest the privilege of waking up the next morning to be first in line for the iPhone. Hoping to just cover the...
May 2010
2 posts
4 tags
Reframing social innovation: Collaboration by... →
That an enthusiastic group of Changemakers had the opportunity to engage with Charles Leadbeater at an intimate event just over a week ago was an exciting enough addition to Australia’s social innovation calendar. Add to that the fact that it took place on a glorious Sydney morning, with views of the Opera House from the Quay Restaurant, and it was an event not to be missed. In the opening...
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Creativity at its most powerful: Charles... →
Some believe that all human beings are inherently creative. Despite this, these qualities of ‘creativity’ have until now been more obviously recognised in a class of creative elite; artists, writers, musicians, sculptors, actors and dramatists - and as Ken Robinson would willingly point out, in all young children under a certain age. With this alleged disproportionate spread of...
March 2010
72 posts
Great to catch up with @totocol tonight for a belated #ozsicamp debrief!
RT @jnovogratz: I’m excited to be going on Amanpour on @CNN Thurs and @PBSNewsHour soon! Sign up here for updates http://bit.ly/91KALp
RT @BBHLabs: Twitters new @anywhere platform integrates twitter content into websites (Amazon, @adage and more), reducing friction
RT @BBHLabs: Twitter is not a social network. It’s an information network that helps people with sharing & discovery (@ev at #SXSW)
RT @jeancase: Great new iPhone App - collection of social change, and social media and nonprofit tech blogs/content from Zoetica http:// …
Started required readings for Master of Applied #innovation and #entrepreneurship at Uni Adelaide - so excited! Start next Monday.
RT @adriankhall, @enova_nikki Looking 4 case studies about non-profits using Social Media…any ideas? #socent
RT @socialedge: “innovation is in the iterations” Innovation does not happen immediately. #crowdx
RT @fastcompany: Look Who’s Hiring: Charities http://bit.ly/c5LhL8 #socent
RT @Philanthropy: The Nonprofit World’s Obsession With All Things Micro; And More: Wednesday’s Roundup http://ow.ly/16LPWA #micropatronage