Hooked on phones
I’ve been working with startups for a long time, and one of the concepts I’ve taught many of them is the “hooked” model.
Zines in Community
My real work is people. In New Zealand I poured myself into the Wellington scene, running Startup Weekends and keeping founders from burning out. Now in Portugal, I’m doing the same in the Algarve — building not just events, but movements. I don’t want followers. I want tape-traders: people who grab ideas, remix them, and pass them forward.
Community and walled gardens
How can we build a truly open community if we are hiding in walled gardens all the time
Why values based communities are so important
If we truly want to address issues in our society we need to work towards shared values
founder.chat - growing a community
*TL;DR: Thursday, 14th January 2016, 5:30 at Bridge Street*
os//os impressions
Last week I attended an interesting conference called [open source//open society](http://opensourceopensociety.com/) that brought together an interesting cross section of geekdom that I have not seen at a conference before. I had discussions ranging
Does open source contribute to a more open society?
Linking to a post I wrote for the iwantmyname blog a few days ago in the leadup for [OS//OS](http://www.opensourceopensociety.com/) - a conference about open source and open society.
ignite wellington talk
slides and video from my ignite wellington talk are finally online
many of us know it ...
i guess many of us geeks went through the one or other phase in their life when they felt themselves trapped in the system with no way out. "the system" meaning any kind of mental state that prevented a clear view on the situation.