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Why I Use Earn.com for Contact Form
In a recent conversation, it was asked why there’s such “friction” to contacting me/Avancee. For a little more than a year, I’ve been using a domain redirect to point towards Earn’s Bitcoin-powered contact platform. Not so much as a replacement for email, but as a replacement for the kind of communications which come via platforms like LinkedIn and others. For the most part, its been successful in what it filters. However, I do end up with some turned off from contacting/connecting because of it as that “front page. Continue reading →
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The Disconnect
Talking w/client about offline options for a future project & remembered the innovative approach of @the__disconnect — given the environment of asking persons to own their attention, perhaps this is more of a necessary innovation 🤔 thedisconnect.co Continue reading →
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Brigadoon Annapolis Transcript, Pt4
Final installment of the notes which led to our Brigadoon Annapolis lecture on Digital Humanism. View Part 1 View Part 2 View Part 3 Humanism I’ve mentioned the term agency a few times in this talk, and that’s more or less the core of what digital humanism design means. How are we using these tools in order to better understand what we do right and wrong? Some of this will come from putting information together with others — think along the lines of “wisdom of the crowds” or “communities dominate brands. Continue reading →
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Brigadoon Annapolis Transcript, Pt3
Continuing a sharing of the notes which led to our Brigadoon Annapolis lecture on Digital Humanism. View Part 1 View Part 2 Filters, Awareness, Noise, & Poise There’s that “design” word again. You see, this constellation of devices is simply the colors on a palette, tossed against the canvas of my life, aiming to make a decent picture of what life I’ve been living. Thing is, all of this connectivity, all of these services and their implications, these are merely a negotiation of noise and poise. Continue reading →
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Brigadoon Annapolis Transcript, Pt2
Continuing a sharing of the notes which led to our Brigadoon Annapolis lecture on Digital Humanism. View Part 1 of the notes if this is your first exposure to this series. Constellation of Devices I could be called a modern-day cyborg. Starting with the prescription glasses and going down to the cadaver’s ACL which is nailed into my knee, I have been augmented in a few means. And this isn’t even to mention the advanced sugars, intentionally and unintentionally modified fruits and vegetables making up my diet. Continue reading →
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Brigadoon Annapolis Transcript, Pt1
Am going to spend a few posts sharing the thoughts and transcript/speaker notes which went into our Brigadoon Annapolis talk (Digital Humanism). Besides being a means to see how the lecture was created, it also enables some other eyes into what has been gestating within this Avanceé cocoon. Comment via Twitter DM: That’s kind of it… to some degree (and maybe its also in what I read & tweeted about tonight), I think that what I’m aiming for is an activation of what’s in us to do what we are building tools, services, behaviors… culture(s) to do. Continue reading →
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Week’s Perspective
Erasing the whiteboard and readying for another week of challenges, insights, and new perspectives to open. Sometimes the photograph of what’s to come starts as an artist’s dream Continue reading →
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Your Ring Does What?
One of the ways in which Avanceé finds its bearings within conversations happens around the constellation of devices on the person. For example, at The Brigadoon Annapolis it was Snap’s Spectacles which took the lion’s share of attention. Though, it was the explaination of the other devices which gave grounding to what’s been happening. One of those items, the NFC Ring, is commonly referred to as “where the business card lies. Continue reading →
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Brigadoon Annapolis via Kownacki
Enjoying a trip back to @the_brigadoon Annapolis via the pics taken by @bkownacki — so many of them capture the energy of the time there… especially shots during our lecture: expressive, engaging, and a hint of “learning about the future-present” Continue reading →
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Brigadoon Annapolis on Snap
Lots shared, follow on Snapchat to see all the shots: www.snapchat.com/add/arjwr… Continue reading →