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ChangeThis: Issue 66
By Porchlight
A new batch of ChangeThis manifestos has been published, including a new one from the site's creator, Seth Godin. So head on down to the ChangeThis Warehouse. You're going to love the you think.
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Art
By Porchlight
"Every child is an artist.
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In the Books - Off to the Printers X
By Porchlight
In our final installment of past articles from In the Books, we have the opening essay and theme of last year's magazine. It sums up our feeling that, in times like these, when there are so many bits of information floating around out there vying for our attention, it is important to slow down every so often to digest and understand one topic, one issue, one idea or one story wholly and completely. ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ The Information Age The word “texts” once referred to tomes of academic knowledge, waiting patiently on library shelves for aspiring students to discover their rich knowledge and build upon the research they contained.
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Crash Course
By Porchlight
Paul Ingrassia's new book Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road From Glory to Disaster is a story we're all familiar with, but Ingrassia, a Pulitzer Prize winning writer who's covered the auto industry for 25 years in the Wall Street Journal, reveals a current and broad overview of the industry. Including the involvement of current President Obama, Ingrassia delves into how politics, unions, and culture collide to deal with what has happened in Detroit, and where it will go from here. A great story filled with lessons on what can go horribly wrong, and incredibly right, in business.
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In the Books - Off to the Printers IX
By Porchlight
In our second to last installment of articles from past editions of In the Books, we have a short essay from mister Jon Mueller. In it, Jon shares some of his insights on an oft-discussed topic around these parts—the future of the book and distribution of ideas. ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ The Shifting Landscape of Moving Ideas: The Art of Publishing in a Socially Empowered World BY JON MUELLER The book remains the definitive source for deep exploration of knowledge on a topic.
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PechaKucha #6
By Porchlight
We begin another year of PechaKucha events in Milwaukee on February 23. This one will be different than past events in a number of ways. For one, it will be free - no ticket purchases through this site - just show up at the event.
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The Evolving Book
By Porchlight
Adrian Zackheim, publisher at Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin, posted an interesting piece today in response to another post by NY Times writer Jonathan Galassi about eBooks' role within publishing. Galassi sets up the idea, and Zackheim focuses on an interesting perspective - the role of publisher as a filter, a curator, and a packager of ideas; ideas which then get distributed to a large amount of eyes and minds. eBooks are a piece within that process, just as paperbacks, online essays, videos, etc.
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Speaking
By Porchlight
"If you say what you think, don't expect to hear only what you like.
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In the Books - Off to the Printers VIII
By Porchlight
I wrote the following article for our first issue of In the Books, released two short years ago, but it seems unbelievably quaint now. Though it has mostly died down, the rise of Web 2. 0 and the effects it would have on our culture and the creative economy was a huge debate two years ago.
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In the Books - Off to the Printers VII
By Porchlight
In today's installment of past articles from In the Books, we have something from Robert Morris—an independent management consultant and one of the most knowledgeable business book reviewers in the country. In the essay below, he discusses the best leadership books of 2008. ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ Real-World Lessons in Leadership BY ROBERT MORRIS The authors of the best leadership books published in 2008 draw heavily upon a wealth of real-world information, both their own and others’, notably corporate executives and leaders in other fields.
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