The View from Zero Gravity
Meaning of ‘Entrepreneur’?
The word #Entreprendre is a French one. Entre = enter, prendre = take. So an entrepreneur is a "go getter" #ForumBr — Nnenna (@nnenna) April 25, 2014 Obviously I've been following events at the NETMundial conference in Brazil this week, and this tweet from keynote...
My friend Nnenna and the Open Web
I met Nnenna a few years ago when I was part of a global cooperative of social entrepreneurs called 'Dreamfish' (established by Tiffany van Emmel). The experiment took a while to find its feet, and in the end many great connections were made and it is no surprise...
Arbutus Trees
My friend Madeleine Wood has an exhibition at the Madrona Gallery in Victoria, BC. I love her work, but was unable to attend the opening, so I was delighted to receive a link to a video of the exhibition (and a bit of her talking about it at the end). Thanks, Maddie!...
Valentine’s Day
Will work for ‘exposure’?
I couldn't help but respond to an article on the wonderful and useful UK site Creative Choices about when creatives and freelancers should work for 'free'. Many of you already know what I'm going to say, but the broken record still plays. Feel free to weigh in on the...
Comment on ‘Five Critical Mistakes Students Make Networking’
A couple of years ago I commented on a post by Rick Chung on his blog post about students who are networking to find a job and develop a career. There were a number of comments about how hard it is to find a career, especially in the creative sector, and it sounded...