Engineers hate meetings as well. The original post is [here](http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html). The quote about breaking the day up is right on: "When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by … [Read more...]
Creative Class: What’s In A Scene?
Your scene has a lot to do with how creative you can be. If the scene is devoid of community, activism or creative expression, it's a lot harder to express and sustain your creative energy. There is something about having a critical mass of creative people and venues accessible … [Read more...]
Creative Class: Failed States And Development
I am a sucker for graphs and Creative Class always delivers! This is a wonderful post on how lack development, creativity and education create failed states. You can certainly apply this to failed cities right here in the US. I think that when there is nothing "going on" or more … [Read more...]
Creative Class: Innovation and Economic Crises
Nice summary of the weeks data about Innovation and how it affects the economy. The dips in innovation in 2000 and 2006 are most likely due to funding drying up for startups. During the dot com bust and our recent financial bust, venture capitalists have not been investing in new … [Read more...]
Creative Class: The New Geography Of Innovation
Creative Class just has the best graphs this week. Check out this one. The number of issued patents in Silicon Valley is 4x any other large metro area. What an amazing wealth of innovation. … [Read more...]
