I was having a conversation with Ross today about Yvon Chouinard because Ross had found a book of his and begun reading it. He’s an interesting guy, Chouinard…One trend I’ve been seeing a bit lately is how people that are indifferent about success almost end up becoming successful despite themselves. CHouinard ‘never wanted to be [...]

There’s a good video interview of Kevin Systrom, by Kevin Rose, over on YouTube. In it, he talks a lot about where he has come from and where he’s looking to grow Instagram next. Towards the very end, he spoke really well about ‘going deep’ around their core vision and what that means to the [...]

I’m in San Francisco at the moment, spending some quality time with the rest of the Yammer crew and chatting about what we think might happen over the next year. It’s nice to be back. Thanks to Rav, we headed to Yosemite today to see the amazing sights and breathe in the crisp air out [...]

I just watched an (older) video of Alan Rusbridger, the Editor In Chief of the Guardian Newspapers. It was brilliant and you should watch it, here. Alan talks about why people should care about open media becoming mainstream (if it isn’t already) and essentially tells his cynical peers to get their heads out of the [...]

I just watched the film American History X, with Rose. It’s a powerful and moving film. If you haven’t already seen it, it’s well worth adding to your queue. The film follows the life of Derek Vinyard, a skin head who has been sent to prison for committing a hate crime. The story follows his [...]

I’ve been thinking a bit about some of the tweets I’ve seen @TomHoward send out recently, mainly about how we can no longer stand by and believe the government will solve all of our problems. (I hope that’s accurate, Tom. Let me know if not.) I tend to agree. We live in chaotic times. Our [...]