by Lauren | 27 Nov 2012 | Community, Self-awareness
Here is the moment from last night’s Bruce Springsteen concert that I want to remember. He worked the crowd like an old-fashioned revival preacher, at times using the language of church – “Can you feel the spirit? Give me a ‘Yeah!'” – and in...
by Lauren | 23 Nov 2012 | Community
Today, my grandfather Gordon MacLeod would have been 99 years old. Last year, I was hoping against all odds that my son would be born on his due date, November 23, as a kind of birthday gift for Grandpa. That didn’t happen, but I hear that gritty old,...
by Lauren | 14 Nov 2012 | Business, Community, Technology
(Too busy to read this whole post? The TL;DR version is that I’m hosting a Vancouver livestream of the Lean Startup Conference on Monday, December 3. You should join me!) “If one more person tells me to read The Lean Startup, I’m gonna flip...
by Lauren | 26 Oct 2012 | Business, Community, Curiosity, Technology
I mentioned in my post on user matrices that I’d be blogging more about personas, and how you can use them to get inside your customer’s* mind. Personas are an underused tool that almost anyone can benefit from using. They’re an amazing framework for...
by Lauren | 19 Oct 2012 | Business, Community, Technology
Have you ever seen an interview with an artist – a writer, say – where they’re asked about the meaning of their work, and they say something like, “It is whatever you say it is?” It can come off as elusive, flippant, or falsely innocent....
by Lauren | 1 Oct 2012 | Community, Curiosity, Technology
Saw this in my Twitter stream, thanks to Jennifer Pahlka, and thought, “Aha”: Dale: What's in a name? Maker feels more open than hacker. #OHS — MAKE (@make) September 27, 2012 Yes, language matters. Especially when we’re inviting community....
