Time Magazine made a big commitment to Detroit in opening a bureau in the Motor City focussed on innovation and revival. They asked me to post to their Detroit blog, following my fascinating visit to this weekend’s Maker Faire Detroit. Here’s an excerpt from the post, which they call “Unfiltered: Jules Pieri on Looking Back [...]
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Time Magazine says this is “Jules Pieri Unfiltered”
Posted in American culture, Citizen Commerce, tagged Maker Faire Detroit, The Henry Ford, Kauffman Foundation on August 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My Rambler surprised me
Posted in American culture, Design, tagged Rambler Ambassador on July 12, 2010 | 16 Comments »
My family is driving two used cars. One is a ten-year-old “Grandpa Car” that was purchased because it is reported to be the safest vehicle for teenage drivers. You will never see a picture of it in this blog, as the mere sight of it depresses me. The other, the ’64 Rambler, is my daily [...]
This is just wrong
Posted in American culture, Design, tagged 31 Vinebrook Street on June 17, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Yesterday. 31 Vinebrook Road. Lexington, MA. Gorgeous 1930 Cape Cod house just behind the Daily Grommet office location. Designed by famous architect E.A. Sterling. Today. 31 Vinebrook Road, Lexington MA A builder bought this property. He tore it down against strong neighborhood protests. He is building a 5,000 square foot spec house. A house for [...]
Brain Food “Takeout” Delivery by Raj Sisodia: Conscious Capitalism
Posted in American culture, Entrepreneurs, Start-ups, tagged Conscious Capitalism Institute, Doug Rauch, Gary Hirshberg, Kip Tindell, Raj Sisodia on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have a weekly team meeting that we “blew up” today. Here’s why: Lara Simon told me that at her first startup, Yoyodyne, founder Seth Godin used to productively override team meetings to deliver “MBA in a week” lessons. I liked that idea. Not so much the MBA part, but the “let’s learn something together” [...]
Real Deal Road Trip No. 11: Bob Slate Stationer
Posted in American culture, Citizen Commerce, Cultural anthropology, Design, tagged Bob Slate Stationer on June 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Bob Slate Stationer Three locations in Cambridge, MA. 63 Church Street is photographed. I have been meaning to put up this post for seven months. I just realized it is possibly very urgent. Perusing the Bob Slate company website, I learned that one of my very favorite Boston haunts is up for sale. After 75 [...]
Real Deal Road Trip No. 10: R. Seawright Gardens
Posted in American culture, Entrepreneurs, tagged R. Seawright Gardens, daylilies, hostas on May 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
R. Seawright Gardens Carlisle, Massachussetts A lot of the best “real deal” places are kind of insider. You have to be told to go there. This was the case with R. Seawright Gardens. In Boston, gardeners pass the name around freely, but the ordinary civilian would have no clue about the place. Actually, what gardeners [...]
Real Deal Road Trip No. 9: Columbus signage, Priority Designs, and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream
Posted in American culture, Design, Food porn, tagged Columbus, Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream, Ohio State University, Paul and Lois Kolada, Priority Designs on April 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream Various locations, Columbus, Ohio As anyone who saw our original video knows, I am rabidly passionate about Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream. Thus I was determined to pay a personal visit to a Jeni’s store, on a quick trip to Columbus. Here’s my photo diary. I was on my way to a [...]
Earning college tuition money, the hard way
Posted in American culture, tagged Minute to Win It, NBC on April 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A lot of my work life is about ordinary people creating disruptive media. My home life is unexpectedly heading there too, albeit for entertainment rather than commercial purposes. Let me explain. It’s the fifth week of a new NBC show “Minute to Win It.” In brief, contestants perform surprisingly difficult tasks with ordinary household objects [...]
Real Deal Road Trip No. 8: Parts & Labour
Posted in American culture, Design, tagged Austin, Lizelle, Parts & Labor, Squid Ink Kollective on March 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Parts & Labour, 1117 South Congress Street, Austin Texas Parts & Labour is a vaguely earthy-crunchy, hipster shop in Austin whose young owners have a mission to exclusively feature Texas based artists, designers, and craftsmen. That alone would interest me, but the icing on the cake for our visit was the co-owner Lizelle. She went [...]
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