Last week, Greenpeace’s Mobilization Lab and Volunteering Lab teamed up with Aspiration Tech to convene the first Open Campaigns Camp in Berlin’s betahaus. The aim of the #OCCBerlin was to gather practitioners of technology-enabled open campaigning to learn how to organize more effective campaigns by…
“It’s a home first and connected second.” — @bruces “We’re looking for lean-forward living.” — @jasminatwitter About a year ago, Jasmina Tesanovic and Bruce Sterling had a brilliant idea. All around, there was talk of a bright and shiny future: smart cities filled with quantified…
**Improv theater seems like it has a lot to offer, not only for entertainment, but for learning and facilitation.** I’ve been noticing how improv theater influences US comedy. There’s the quirky and endearing show [Broad City](http://www.cc.com/shows/broad-city), whose creators developed their skills at the NYC improv…
A structural collapse of an **otherwise brilliant first-attempt [veggieducken](http://www.sporkful.com/thanksgiving-2012-veggieducken-and-stuffing-with-slate-laura-anderson-vegetarian-turkey/)** at our Thanksgiving feast. It’s a butternut squash stuffed with leeks and a sweet potato. This veggie-lover’s dish is inspired by the poultry-lover’s turducken: a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken. Big props…
Attempted just a splash of this over dinner. It burns.