Posts Categorized Creativity

Rule 1 for Collaborative Media: Ask First

In Business, Community, Creativity, Crowdsourcing, Internet, Justice, Photography, Technology on 17 December 2007 with 27 comments

Here’s what happened, as far as I can tell.
Lane Hartwell is a fantastic photographer. She recently went full-time with her photography career.
A few weeks ago, an acapella group called the Richter Scales did a parody of Billy Joel’s song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” with new lyrics about the internet. They made a music […]

NaBloPoMo Q&A 6: Chopping Blocks

In Creativity, How to, Interviews, NaBloPoMo, Q&A, Writing on 15 November 2007 with 2 comments

Or: How To Bust Your Creative Block
Megan asked:
Say someone’s in a rut. What advice would you offer for getting out? ie, how do you stay creative and engaged? Who/what keeps you accountable?
And Joey asked:
How do you overcome creative block? What inspires you?
I had an English teacher in high school who said something I still think […]

Ten years time

In Creativity, Songs on 30 April 2003 with Comments Off

Ten years ago, if you’d asked me what I was, my answer would have been “songwriter.” This was before the internet had given me the confidence to tell my stories. Before the web even existed. Back when the most pressing thing in my life was picking up the pieces of my heart that kept spilling […]