The December, Holiday, issue of Conscious Inspired Living is on the digital newsstand. I appreciate the time and effort they are putting into creating a platform for writers, thinkers, artists, and spiritual practitioners of all kinds to do our thing. My article, “Digital Connection,” can be read by clicking on this link. Enjoy the Holidays [...]
Kevin Kelly has been on my radar again ever since I heard he was publishing a new book this month (What Technology WantsI am not sold on the idea of “living technology” but Kelly is so smart and interesting his book will keep the sparks flying in my brain). His earlier book, New Rules for [...]
First a big thanks to the people at Conscious Inspired Living. You are living your dreams, inspiring people and have created a forum for new voices. This is my latest article in Conscious Inspired Living: Technology: Good or Evil. Enjoy. Tweet
@brainpicker hipped me to Steven Johnson. He and creative thinker Kevin Kelly have published new books which discuss technology. Johnson’s focus is looking at the elements which foster creativity and innovation. I am really interested in this subject because of my involvement in creative collectives. I agree with Johnson’s premise that creativity is more than [...]
This is my first foray into creating web-based multimedia art. It’s my baby step to explore how to use text, music, video and images to share information and ideas using the web as the distribution platform. Tweet
One of my creative friends, a musician, just sent out an email stating he is giving away his music for free. (You can find his music and the thread of the “free” conversation here on his website.) We traded a couple of emails about how artists can make money in an age when it’s possible [...]
Author Chris Anderson had a tweet about this video proclaiming how quotable Richard Nash is in it. Nash is brilliant. His analysis of the book publishing industry is so original I started my own list of notes and ideas. Here are two quotes from his talk: “Demand is sexier than supply.” “Publishing is a marketing [...]
My thoughts about creativity and the iPad have led me to these articles about apps which let users read Marvel comics and create sketches to collaborate on various projects. It seems the iPad’s creativity is found in its applications which would make the iPad a digital toolbox and the apps the tools. The question I [...]
Jeff Jarvis expands the definition of content to include everything we create thru our interactions with each other. I like his definition of content because it is the yin to the yang of, “Everyone is creative.” His idea of content opened my eyes to the limitation I had placed on what the word means. Since [...]
Ray Kurzweil TED talk from Feb 2005. I think we are transforming ourselves through the technology we are developing. The collective will of nature and humanity is pushing this technological evolution. Technology is our medium as are paints, notes, words, thoughts, and institutions. The conversation about gene manipulation is fascinating to me but my limited [...]