Ryan Speers

Student of life first, entrepreneur second. Obsessed Co-founder; I eat, breathe and sleep Eyeplots. Live for travel. Love video.

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Million Tree Challenge

If you care about the environment, then you better check this out!

  Million Tree Challenge.

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We Support Mental Health!

We Support Mental Health!.

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Welcome to The Community Fundraiser!

New Blog worth checking out, integrating charity with business!

  Welcome to The Community Fundraiser!.

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Video game violence is not a new problem. Who can forget in the wake of Sim City how children everywhere took up urban planning? It was all ‘Tune in, turn on, and zone for residential use, man!!!’

STEPHEN COLBERT, remarking on gun nuts trying to shift blame for gun violence to video games (via inothernews)

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We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.

Information technology has changed daily life. So why does it seem to have had a less explosive impact on economic growth than inventions of decades past? (via theeconomist)

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Bill Gates jumps over chair

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Beats CEO spent three years trying to convince Steve Jobs to launch streaming music service

Iovine quickly began to realize that music was going to move toward streaming and tried his best to bring Jobs along. “I was always trying to push Steve into subscription. And he wasn’t keen on it right away,” Iovine said. “[Beats co-founder] Luke Wood and I spent about three years trying to talk him into it.” Obviously, that still hasn’t happened, despite recent rumors that Apple will introduce its own streaming service this winter, and it appears that pricing concerns were an ongoing issue for Jobs. “He didn’t want to pay the record companies enough,” said Iovine. “He felt that they would come down, eventually.”

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StickNFind tracking sticker

StickNFind tracking sticker

Saw this a few days ago… Need it, want it, getting it. Hopefully I won’t lose my keys again… Or as often

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Fondue leftovers turned epic sandwich #fondue #sandwich #sauceboss

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Inspiration

I came across this quote a while back..

“He who is brave is free”

-Seneca

The underlying business tone speaks to the true freedom birthed by entrepreneurship.

Not everyone is brave. Not everyone can be an entrepreneur.

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That’s a lot of hangovers! How much do the “Mad Men” really drink? Click here for the full infographic.

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Seneca

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Creativity By Location

Creativity By Location

We all run into bumps and blocks on the road to creativity. Personally, being situated in a fixed environment with little to no change can be totally nullifying when trying to get the creative juices flowing. I like to get out and hang around somewhere public and go people watching. That is one of my favourite activities. Seeing the marriage of fashion and persona, unique to each and every individual is fascinating (and pretty damn weird sometimes).

I would define creativity with 3 words – Ideation by imagination. It's the process of generating totally original ideas, then delivering them through whatever means necessary. Whether it's art, architecture, design, etc... They all stem from an idea.

What drives creativity? What sparks the imagination?

I started following a really cool platform (yet to be released) on Twitter the other day – The Coffice. They describe themselves as follows:

[Coffice]: a conjunction of the words “coffee” and “office”; a term to describe the local coffee store that is utilized as a place for performing daily work-related tasks; a location for non-office dwelling workers to create nontraditional work environments in which to conduct their business.

The beautifully unique part of this online platform is that you can sign in from anywhere(to my knowledge)! To me, this is an ideal application for those who desire a change of scenery.

Interaction in a lively atmosphere breathes life into my work. It helps to keep in mind the world around and further connects me to what really matters – the consumer. Adapting your work environment to create a space conducive to creativity is not a defiance of normalcy, but rather a repositioning of the bricks and mortar that build success (literally). I deliver better results because I found a method that works. Changing location on the frequent keeps my mind sharp and opens my eyes to everything around.

Let me know if you're in the same boat!

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Creativity By Location

  We all run into bumps and blocks on the road to creativity. Personally, being situated in a…

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MONICA LEWINSKI STRIKES BACK...

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