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Making People Smarter

I spoke to Merlin Mann on the phone the other day. We had a great conversation, and he ended it with an interesting question:

“How do we make people smarter?”

I have a couple of ideas….
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SXSW 2010: I’m done stewing. Here’s the poop.

My very first SXSW experience is now in the history books. I had an amazing time, but the sheer volume of experiences and information that was crammed into 5 days was a little overwhelming. I needed a little time to …
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TweetStar

One of the refreshingly inspiring panels that I attended at SXSWi this year was about people who engage in “Slow Twitter.” These people take their time to craft most of their tweets for maximum entertainment value. Most of the time, …
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Spring Break for nerds.

Tomorrow morning, I’m headed on a plane to beautiful Austin, TX for the South By Southwest Interactive Conference, also known to some as Spring Break for nerds.

This is my first trip to SXSWi, and I couldn’t be any more excited. …
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A conversation that made me cry.

Nathan wanted to go on a car ride with me last night. In addition to being in the “me too” phase, he’s started his “Why?” stage early, so of course he wanted to know why we were taking an …
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In the name of all that’s awesome, we have a winner

Shaken for you: November 23, 2007

We just got home from our annual Thanksgiving trip up to Iowa to visit Robin’s family, and during the 10:00 news I was treated to my favorite part of visiting Iowa… Taco John’s commercials.

For my money, there is absolutely nothing better than a monkey dressed in cowboy gear riding a dog, Absolutely NOTHING.

Apparently Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey has other talents besides shilling tacos. Looks like he’s quite the sheep herder to boot. Enjoy, and a belated Happy Thanksgiving to you all.


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