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seattle by way of california. former outdoor educator turned tech geek. likes: soccer, crossfit, peoples, serendipity. welcome!

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Always bet on text

HT @ChrisDixon

Text is the most socially useful communication technology. It works well in 1:1, 1:N, and M:N modes. It can be indexed and searched efficiently, even by hand. It can be translated. It can be produced and consumed at variable speeds. It is asynchronous. It can be compared, diffed, clustered, corrected, summarized and filtered algorithmically. It permits multiparty editing. It permits branching conversations, lurking, annotation, quoting, reviewing, summarizing, structured responses, exegesis, even fan fic. The breadth, scale and depth of ways people use text is unmatched by anything. via Futures of Text, by @libovness​

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One Millimeter Off

Tony Robbins (AR) shares the story of when he was learning to play golf. On the first day, he was nailing it; second day, kept hitting it way far off and getting frustrated. Paraphrasing:

Trainer: You're only about a millimeter or two off.

AR: You're joking. Could have fooled me.

Trainer: No really. If you change the angle you're attacking just one or two millimeters in the very beginning, do you see how that changes the arc? This one, hit one millimeter here, you're in the water...one millimeter here, you're in the sand.

AR/The Lesson: 

When all hell is breaking loose, nothing is working, you're only one millimeter off.

Nothing's working, I'm one millimeter off.

What little thing do I change, when I do, it changes everything.

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Hello, LA! (at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX))

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2015: Starting here.

Kicking off the new year with Power of Momentum worksheet (Tony Robbins).

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A Word About My Family (Crossfit's other 'Dirty Little Secret')

This post (Crossfit's Dirty Little Secret) has been crossing my feed, touting a single case of rhabdo and questioning how safe Crossfit is.  It's a valid story. Crossfit does tend to draw competitive 'work hard, play hard' people who can push themselves to the point of injury. But generalizing Crossfit (as 'stupid herd thinking' as one person prefaced the article) based on this one story without context of personal experience seems a little short sighted, IMO. It is not for everyone, but not all CF gyms or their community/culture are like this. From what I've experienced + seen in family (including my mom who started CF last year!) and friends, the benefits of CF--under proper coaching & programming, good self-awareness, strong community--far outweigh the (perceived) risk.  If you haven't tried Crossfit and are hesitant after hearing all the 'horror stories,' I encourage you to read this "Word About My Family", too. This is the other side (the other 'Dirty Little Secret' if you will) of Crossfit you may not know about. It is a big part of what got me hooked in the beginning and keeps me going back... 

A Word About My Family (San Francisco Crossfit, 2008)

Oh. And this video, too.

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Everyone a Changemaker

The most important contribution any of us can make now is not to solve any particular problem, no matter how urgent energy or environment or financial regulation is. What we must do now is increase the proportion of humans who know that they can cause change.

And who, like smart white blood cells coursing through society, will stop with pleasure whenever they see that something is stuck or that an opportunity is ripe to be seized. Multiplying society’s capacity to adapt and change intelligently and constructively and building the necessary underlying collaborative architecture, is the world’s most critical opportunity now. Pattern-changing leading social entrepreneurs are the most critical single factor in catalyzing and engineering this transformation.

-Bill Drayton, Founder of Ashoka Everyone a Changemaker: Social Entrepreneurship’s Ultimate Goal  (Full PDF)

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Ok, @glossylove. Here's my late submission of #whatsgood :)

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Tom Phillips - A Humument (1966-73)

“In 1966 Phillips set himself a task: to find a second-hand book for threepence and alter every page by painting, collage and cut-up techniques to create an entirely new version. He found his threepenny novel in a junkshop on Peckham Rye, South London. This was an 1892 Victorian obscurity titled A Human Document by W.H Mallock and he titled his altered book A Humument.

The first version of all 367 treated pages was published in 1973 since when there have been four revised editions. A Humument is now one of the best known and loved of all 20th Century artist’s books and is regarded as a seminal classic of postmodern art.”

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Trailer: Of Souls + Water - The Shapeshifter from Radical Reels 2013. (Music: Bag Raiders - Way Back Home)

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Fly Moon Royalty : Lemonade.

Playing Team Up's Gigs4Good benefit for One Day's Wages Clean Water Fund on May 9th! 

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Note from the Universe - 12.12.12

Official Top Ten Spiritual Ways to Defeat Boredom, Make Friends, Find Love, Trim Down, Shape Up, Discover Your Purpose, Make a Fortune, and Shine Your Light, are...

Take action. 

Show up. 

Lean into it. 

Start anywhere. 

Keep busy. 

Get out more. 

Ask for help. 

Shake more hands. 

Give more hugs. 

Don't stop. 

You were already visualizing, right?

Today, The Universe

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IKFF #kettlebell coach certification: complete! Props+thanks to instructor, @kenblackburn. #legit (at The Lab - A Crossfit Gym On Eastlake)

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Warren was a tremendously successful businessman. His business acumen allowed him to pursue his true passion: philanthropy. -Nancy Pelosi (Thank you Warren Hellman for sharing & leaving us w this amazing gift.) #legend #hardlystrictly #hsbfest # (Taken with Instagram at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival)

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Nice fall ride to/from @redhook_brewery on Sunday. Burke Gilman trail FTW! @traviswals #latergram #bike #seattle (Taken with Instagram)

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I know that the universe is way more creative than I am, so why is it so hard to relinquish control and just let the fucking magic happen?

-@mrskimyadawson

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#cjLIVE w Oren Klaff of @pitchanything: Selling Your Creative Vision - [LIVE] http://chasejarvis.com/live at Chase Jarvis LIVE – View on Path.