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Public Art
Anyone who has been following me on Instagram lately knows that I've recently become obsessed with street art. There is something about the serendipity of turning a street corner and being greeted by an amazing piece of art. I love the randomness of it. No one charging...
Deep Reading
“Don’t just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made...
How Vs. Why
I was observing a middle school math class a few weeks ago and the teacher started diving into an algebra problem. He was explaining to students how to solve a multistep algebraic equation. But the lesson finished without ever touching upon why students should learn algebra....
Resurrection Sunday
This weekend families across the world will be celebrating Easter. Some people mark the holiday by going to church. Others will be out to brunch with family. Kids will be painting eggs. This holiday is a celebration of the day when Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead. His...
The Test of Time
In 1,252 the Islamic world was in the middle of an golden age - much like the Italian Renaissance. It was an era of free thought and intellectual liberalism. Baghdad was home to the House of Wisdom, a library which attracted a great many Catholic and Jewish scholars. The...
Paired Learning
Imagine that you're an engineer working in a software development shop. You specializes in javascript and your boss asks you to take on a project in ruby - a language you're not super familiar with. Being a diligent employee, you agree and start diving into some books and...
The Perfect Cup of Coffee
Coffee is my favorite vice. Over the years I've spent a lot of time tinkering with grind coarseness, water temperature, and brewing methods. I'm obsessed with finding the perfect cup. I've even tried roasting my own beans. With all that experimentation my usual cup of coffee...
Publish The Results
After you give blood in Sweden they'll send you a text message when it is used to save someone's life. New Story Charity will trace every dollar you donate and show you the house you helped to build. This direct accountability from action to impact makes a tremendous impact in...
Advertising should be trackable
One of the tenants of marketing is that it has to be trackable. If you can't track it, then you can't measure the results. If there aren't any results you can't improve your ads. Now there are a lot of ways to track results in physical advertising. You can make an offer using a...