Great TED Talk by Dan Pink on how rewards do not make a great motivation tool. There's tons of research from decades worth of studies that have proved this, yet the system still continues as normal. There's a mismatch between what science knows and what business does....
Projects
Life Hacking in WWII
Saw this poster at The National World War II museum in New Orleans. Probably one of the best graphics I've seen that captures the spirit of life hacking. Couldn't find an actual graphic of the poster. Anyone have any better luck?
The 5 Best Life Hacks, According to Merlin Mann
I feel like Merlin Mann has some of the best thoughts on the whole hacking movement, and what it's become. This video sums those views up pretty well. For more serious thoughts, we talk about it a lot in the film. This is an old post from the creation of the...
Telemarketing Democracy (And Crowdsourcing Other Causes) via Facebook
I just got done with one of the most interesting service projects I've ever been part of; one that I see has a lot of potential for all sorts of causes. I just called about 40 unregistered voters in California to remind them to mail in their registration form by...
I’m Still Making Movies!
I'm still alive. Sorry for the cobwebs growing here - I haven't forgotten about the film! About a month ago a friend of mine received a grant to make a short film and asked me to produce. This is the largest production I've worked on and a great opportunity, so I...
And we’re back…
Man, I need to see this lifehacking film to get everything in order. Well I'm back (I was in Israel for 11 days) and going full throttle at You 2.0. Other projects on my plate include the previous mentioned film UnderCover that I'm producing, some photo projects, and,...