Entrepreneurship
Resist and thrive
Last week I gave this talk at Web Summit in Dublin. It’s a first-draft of thoughts that I felt
Yancey Strickler
Yancey Strickler is the Cofounder and Director of Metalabel, Cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, and Cofounder of the artist resource The Creative Independent.
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Rough Guide to Bill Callahan
There’s no musician I’ve listened to more over the past two years than Bill Callahan. From his solo
Ideas
The object offline
On Monday I spoke at the Museum of Modern Art at a salon to discuss “objects that are born in
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Life and leadership lessons from Dungeons & Dragons
Last year I started playing Dungeons & Dragons for the first time. As a D&D newbie I was
Scenes
The three amibros
A few weeks ago I decided to take a road trip out West. I booked it planning to go alone.
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Occupying Washington Square
At 11pm on Saturday night 300 people were gathered in the fountain bowl in New York’s Washington Square Park.
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"The Curfew," Jesse Ball
Today I read a book by someone I know. To call him a friend would overstate it, but we’ve
Kickstarter
24 Hours
There are crazy days and then there are days like yesterday. Kickstarter has experienced some frantic hours but nothing like
Music
My Pavement fandom gets acknowledged
I made a cameo in The New Yorker this week for being a Pavement fan!
Kickstarter
Why we started Kickstarter
This week, a website that I co-founded opened its doors. It’s called Kickstarter, and it’s an easy, feel-good
Music
My Musical Life 0 — 20
Age 4 – Gets into the Beatles.
Age 6 – Writes first song, entitled “I’m A Guy Who Likes Potatoes,” a
Music
Rudy Lawless
The subway near my apartment has elevators to get to the tracks, and as I get in one on Saturday
Scenes
Heat
New York summers are pregnant. The air drips with humidity, the streets applaud the flip-flaps of determined feet, skirts draped
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The Staircase
The last half hour of The Staircase, an eight-hour Sundance documentary about the murder trial of novelist Michael Peterson by
Writing
Finding myself as a writer
Enough with the linking to pieces already, I know, but one more: this one on Queens of the Stone Age,
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"Don't Cha," Tori Alamaze
Thanks to my friend Rich Juzwiak — who really, really needs to start a blog — I’ve now come across my
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Interview: Colleen
In 2003, the Leaf label released Everyone Alive Wants Answers, the debut album by a French musician who performed as
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"Here I Am," Dolly Parton
When Dolly Parton shouts “HERE I AM!” in the song of the same name, a woman emerges from the cocoon
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