See If I Can Practice What I Preach Personally I’ve never cared for the word “succinct.” Maybe you’ve noticed. Well, of course you have. But the terrifying events in Paris last weekend brought home something I’d been trying to clarify for myself for some time. It’s about how we handle issues of craft and industry… Read More
"Influenced by people": Tumblr & Mozilla at #FutureBook14
“It’s about how people collaborate, how people meet each other…” When Jennie Rose Halperin joins theFutureBook Conference’s Changing Technology panel, she’ll be carrying a message from Mozilla that echoes that of Tumblr’s Rachel Fershleiser on #futurebook14’s Long-Term Role of Social Media panel: Think community. “For us, the emphasis is on community and creativity,” Tumblr’s Fershleiser says. “We’re the place… Read More
Defensive Reading
Author Maria Konnikova’s New Yorker story on why we love lists captures the issue: “The more we know about something — including precisely how much time it will consume — the greater the chance we will commit to it.” Read More