Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product strategy at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
When Colorado Springs turned off the streetlights in 2010, they launched a secure website that allowed residents to log on and pay to turn their lights back on. It’s not hard to imagine a cash-strapped municipality taking a list of parks they can’t build or maintain posting projects to Kickstarter or Neighbor.ly, seeking crowdfunding for their... See more
How do we make civic crowdfunding awesome? - Ethan Zuckerman
The simplest way to tell the story of my life is as an ongoing formation through a series of very muscular institutions: family, the Church, an all-boys Catholic school, the Marine Corps, Little League, and my local Fire Department. Each of these institutions had strong norms that facilitated connecting across difference—and, in practice, each of... See more
Jason Mangone • The paradox of “muscular institutions”
I turned forty earlier this March, and as I enter my forties, I’d like to leave a breadcrumb to revisit when I’m fifty.
These four themes are what I intend to be guiding principles for how I live my life and prioritize my time in my 40s:
Peter Kangtwitter.comthe idea of leaving a personal digital 'breadcrumb' for 10 years down the line
“I hope you live without the need to dominate, and without the need to be dominated. I hope you are never victims, but I hope you have no power over other people. And when you fail, and are defeated, and in pain, and in the dark, then I hope you will remember that darkness is your country, where you live, where no wars are fought and no wars are... See more
Ursula LeGuin (1983)
so you have a planning doc for an upcoming trip...
what if you could look up driving times between key locations, without switching to a separate app? https://t.co/R09wxqdMhj
Geoffrey Littx.com