My additions to Clay’s commentary: “Coherence” as a concept has inherent class and cultural biases skewed in favor of those in with more power in the social and economic hierarchy. Our socio-economic operating system doesn’t exactly making any f@#$ing sense to a many people in the 99% either. #OWS is hardly radical. It is inherently [...]
Entries Tagged as 'New York'
Clay Shirky tweets about Occupy Wall Street
13 October 2011 · 0 Comments
Purpose hiring senior positions
15 August 2011 · 0 Comments
Purpose is actively hunting for a senior Movement Strategy Director and a CTO among our top priority hires. We’re also on the lookout for great talent for a Finance Manager, Creative Director, Developers, and Project Mangers – full list. For Movement strategy Director, we want someone who can architect major projects for clients, and create [...]
New York · News · NYC · PURPOSE
Capoeira Journal – 4 Aug 2011
4 August 2011 · 0 Comments
I’m finally taking Ari’s advice to heart and writing a capoeira journal. I have tons of notebooks all over the place, but I lose them or get them mixed up with my other notes. I think blogging about it will make it easier for me. Three firsts this week: First time getting elbowed in the [...]
Start with a Circle: Musings on Movement Design, Capoeira, Oscar Wilde, and More
12 July 2011 · 0 Comments
Video of me giving a Pecha Kucha-style talk at a Purpose.com event in March 2011. I weave together a story that combines design philosophy and movement building with anecdotes and metaphors from capoeira, pop culture, and literary history. There was a camera glitch halfway through the talk, so please pardon the jump cut. Music by [...]
Capoeira · Culture · Design · HEPNOVA · New York · NYC · PURPOSE · Video · YouTube
The Analog Underground = Neo-Luddites?
7 July 2011 · 0 Comments
The July 3rd issued of New York Magazine features an article about The Analog Underground, “[a] new generation of digital apostates rejects zeroes and ones in favor of celluloid, vinyl, ink, paper, and the click-clack-ding-slide of a typewriter.” I came across the article rather serendipitously online in the course of some research I have been [...]
New York · Technology · Writing



