Education is the only permanent social change

I’ve felt for a long time that education is the most important vehicle for social change. I mean, really how else does anything actually get done? You’ve got to have some kick ass teachers along the way, or you’re gonna be a vegetable. And vegetabledom happens to entire societies. Watch out.
So I’m a little [...]

Stay Away From San Francisco (or: Sign of the Bubble #234094)

SCENE: Atlas coffeeshop on 20th and Alabama, right now
ME: *clickety clickety
GUY #0: (in hushed tones) … “So we’ve got these great new offices in San Mateo and a great team, I really think you’d be super interested in working with us. Kaleb says you’re just ACE and that’s all I need to know. This coffee [...]

Move to San Francisco. Now.

Since this seems to be the advice that I’ve been giving to pretty much all of the geek + activisty folks that I know, I figured it bears repeating here: Move to San Francisco. Now.
There have been really great conferences like An Event Apart and CompostModern, green socialite stuff and Green Fest, a great cycling [...]