February 2012
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A Book is Also A Startup
I’ve been thinking a lot about how to rethink the book authoring process, how to make it more open and collaborative with the goal of sharing the right content and reaching the right audience. Here are a few thoughts:
I’ve always had the idea about writing a book on the subject of Work but what really ignited the process were two talks I held in Los Angeles and São Paulo. The feedback...
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“To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest steps of...”
– — Henry Ford
[Quotation from Everything is a Remix by Kirby Ferguson.]
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My Book Project: Working The Future
I’ve been experimenting with hacking my life for a few years now. The idea was that I could design a really great work-live-play lifestyle that leveraged my passions and talents, delivered superior value and making it work with a growing family - outside of the corporate monoculture.
After a very appreciated talk I did at Soho House in Los Angeles for a bunch of Hyper Island master...
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How to Conquer Information Overload
It’s very simple: just create the right filters and blockers. I started doing this a few years ago when I got tired off an overload of unsolicited calls and snail mails. This quickly carried over to the digital space and the social graph. Suddenly I found myself spending too much of my daily attention and energy on just keeping up.
To declutter and simplify my life I did the following:
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