I had the honor of joining the annual Scratch Conference, held this year in Amsterdam. I’ll post some reflections about the conference shortly. In the meantime, here are the notes from my talk about how learning events can unlock the creative power of your community…
This weekend I had the pleasure to join Things Kamp 2015, organized by TechSoup Europe, in Istanbul. The event was the culmination of a series of projects on social technology. It was fascinating to meet activists and technologist from Turkey and learn more about the…
**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…
There’s a **long road ahead to bring Europe’s “start-up darling” Berlin up to par with learning & and the web.** Digital literacy and simple computational competencies are often lacking; and there’s no indication yet that Berlin schools will step to fill the gap.* There’s an…
>A bikeway is a symbol that shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally important as a citizen on a $30,000 car. — [Enrique Peñalosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Pe%C3%B1alosa), former Mayor of Bogata [Urbanized](http://urbanizedfilm.com/) is a documentary by Gary Hustwit about the future of designing cities. A…