This blog was originally written for Startup Wise Guys and can be found on their blog. The world is digital. The world is virtual. Suddenly ZOOM is a verb (like google) and even my septuagenarian parents know their way around Skype and WhatsApp. I am not sure...
As a conference designer, I tend to avoid conferences that I am not involved in. I find that the traditional model of talking heads is boring, and even when there is an amazing speaker, there is no call to action or meaningful processes for participants...
As a digital nomad I can work anywhere, and I have. I remember waking up early in Colorado to get a few hours on the computer before hitting the ski slopes or being stymied by limited connectivity in Asia. I have checked in from beaches...
For a while, people were trying to "gamify everything". Or maybe there has been a push to "-ify” our lives. We “Shopify" our online stores and "Googlefy” our office spaces. We think that by making nouns into verbs we are simplifying our lives. The problem...