Writing

Field notes for the age of generative everything.

Essays on AI, culture, community, creative practice, consent, taste, and what stays human when the tools get loud.

  • Upcoming Events I’m Involved With

    This post is overdue. Here’s a few links to some upcoming coming events I’m speaking at or otherwise involved with helping plan or sponsor. Blogs N’ Dogs –…

  • FairSource: Model for Sustainable Trade in Services

    FairSource: Model for Sustainable Trade in Services FairSource is a standard and innovative business model for trade in services based on principles of fair trade, access to opportunity,…

  • Green Business? Go Carbon Neutral!!!

    Green Business? Go Carbon Neutral!!! ifPeople recognizes that human contributions of carbon to the atmosphere represent a serious threat to global climate stability, with potential consequences in terms…

  • A del.icio.us Tagsgiving dinner

    A del.icio.us Tagsgiving dinner How can we possibly thank our favourite Drupal wizards for all they’ve done for Social Signal and its clients? Well, since you did so…

  • FloatLeft – Design and Web Development for Non-Profits

    FloatLeft – Design and Web Development for Non-Profits atleft is an organization offering high quality, affordable design and web development solutions for nonprofits. We’re a socially conscious group…

  • 50 flavorful, affordable wines

    50 flavorful, affordable wines Here are all the $10-and-under wines tasted, with notes for the whites and reds that made the tasters’ lists and others the group thought…

  • New Black Tories E.P. Coming Soon

    New Black Tories E.P. Coming Soon we have are just finishing the final touches on our new e.p. tentatively titled: are you ready to die… it should be…

  • Church: 1, Lust: 0

    Church: 1, Lust: 0 The owner of a strip club says heÂ’s considering a six-figure offer from a church to buy and shut down the location. Bill Martin,…

  • Zen and the Art of Powerpoint

    Zen and the Art of Powerpoint Like most people, I regularly assert that Powerpoint is evil. I often use it when I present, but I’ve been undertaking ongoing…

  • Speak at Northern Voice 2006

    Speak at Northern Voice 2006 No, really, we want people talking. Northern Voice 2006 is pretty much right around the corner. The official deadline is tomorrow* next week,…

  • Opportunities, people, and tools

    Opportunities, people, and tools Tools never change anything. It is people seeing opportunities and grabbing them with those tools that change things.

  • Blackcomb’s Opening Day

    Blackcomb’s Opening Day It has begun… that time of year that we’ve spent the rest of the year day-dreaming about: deep powder, hot tubs, beer, or whatever else…

  • Google Maps on Your Website

    Google Maps on Your Website There’s only one thing on the net cooler than Googleâ„¢ Maps. What could possible be cooler than that? Putting an interactive map on…

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