Most Awkward Powerpoint Ever?
Back in the spring of ’09, I was part of the lineup for Ignite DC, an event that gives speakers 5 minutes (and 20 Powerpoint slides) to talk about any topic under the sun (Ignite started in Seattle, and is now happening in cities across the globe). For months afterward, I emailed back and forth with the organizers, trying to get a video of my talk; they apologized for having technical difficulties with my presentation, and I watched as video for almost every other talk was posted. I gave up.
Then last night, I was searching for something on Google (I can’t remember what), and I discovered that a video of my talk had been posted. Huzzah!
So, at long last, I present the video of my talk, titled “My Dog Cosmo.” Note, when I took the stage, I pretended to be very shy. “I’m very nervous,” I said, “so bear with me.” Here’s what came next:
Related Links:
- Read comments from the audience that night
- Learn more about Ignite
Art and the Zen of Bicycle Maintenance
When I lived in DC, one of my favorite local orgs was Art Enables, a non-profit studio and gallery for artists with mental and/or developmental disabilities — or, as they say in their much-catchier tag line: “Outsider art, inside the Beltway.”
I’m still on their mailing list, and I got a postcard yesterday for an event I’d definitely attend if I were in town:
What: Art and the Zen of Bicycle Maintenance
When: Saturday, May 15, 2010, from 3-5pm
“The artists at Art Enables work at making the best outsider art inside the Beltway. The young people in training at Phoenix Bikes learn entrepreneurship from running a bike shop. They also make bike art. Karma.”
Two great community orgs coming together to produce a creative event… (more…)
The Mythology of Place
Since moving to New York, I’ve been struck by how much energy the people of this city invest in maintaining the image and allure of NYC. It seems like every other issue of New York magazine and Time Out New York feature the best this-or-that of NY, reasons to love NY, etc etc. In December, the city hung charming strings of lights over East Village side streets — this felt like choreography, a way of accentuating how charming NY can be in winter…a way of telling the story of the city back to itself.
He loves NY.
The old mythology of New York as a place to reinvent yourself, a place where anything is possible, is alive and well. (more…)
