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bernard
24 May 2010
Kickstarter - Fund & Follow Creativity
nice portal for creatives to get a project funded:
http://www.kickstarter.com/
through little video clips someone gets an insider’s access to the projects he or she wants to finance.
see "Popular ... »
ericpoe
24 May 2010
Big Ideas Fest: Real Change in Education
Just came back from Makerfaire (http://makerfaire.com/) where I learned about http://bigideasfest.org. Thie Big Ideas Fest could be for you if you are a creative professional shaping the future of ... »
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peterhan
30 Apr 2010
Social Impact Investing
A few days ago, I attended a conference on social impact investing and learned about RSF Social Finance, an organization that makes it possible for investors large and small to invest in socially ... »
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10 Mar 2010
Design for an Uncertain World
D4R - Design for Resilience - is a full-day exploration of resilience as a strategy for thriving in an uncertain world. The event will take place on April 10 in San Franciso. It is an amazing ... »
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gorenflo
02 Oct 2009
Burning Man 2009
I took an amazing trip to Burning Man with Eric, one of our hosts here on Shapeshifters. We had dreamed up a quest for the festival, and it turned out nothing like we planned, which is the best ... »
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Fairy
23 Jun 2009
Music is Life: an exhibition of Photographs
Music is Life: Lebanese Sound Stills
Tanya Traboulsi's on-going series Music is Life gives a unique glimpse into the flourishing local alternative music scene in Beirut. The diversity of the ... »
ericpoe
29 May 2009
Fashion Concierge for San Francisco
I just had the wonderful pleasure to meet Kim Connector during a brief visit to San Francisco. Kim runs a service called Fashion Slave Tours and hosts curated tours to the hidden fashion, food and ... »
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playward
23 Feb 2009
Play and the new world
for years i have brought "play" to corporate settings/adults. what fascinates me is how much it is viewed as "frivolous" or a 2 hour workshop where we can just "have fun". at first it was refreshing ... »
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23 Feb 2009
Dimensional Thinking
i wish they would have taught mathematics, geometry, biology, chemistry and physics ("team teaching") like Paul Hildebrandt in his google tech talk. a dimensional thinker came together with a ... »
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22 Feb 2009
How to Put the Social in Social Justice
Eric suggested to me the other day that if you want to impact culture, you address peoples' everyday interactions. I appreciated his comment. It also reminded me of an article I wrote for the Urban ... »
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