The camel and the eye of the needle.  An entirely different kind of literary exploration, Thomas Gibney has left the path of the story up to his readers with his project, ‘The Camel and the Eye of the Needle.’ An old friend of mine, Gibney lets his readers choose a portal or remix the content of his novel, which is released in chunks (in author’s words: “installments”) to subscribers. It’s a super cool & interesting project, so you should probably check it out. High-res

The camel and the eye of the needle. 

An entirely different kind of literary exploration, Thomas Gibney has left the path of the story up to his readers with his project, ‘The Camel and the Eye of the Needle.’ An old friend of mine, Gibney lets his readers choose a portal or remix the content of his novel, which is released in chunks (in author’s words: “installments”) to subscribers. It’s a super cool & interesting project, so you should probably check it out.

Is Jay-Z’s 99 problems legally accurate? A law professor explains in a line-by-line reading.

I’m usually happy to pick either side of a debate - But if we’re arguing about Jay-Z, I’d have to say that 99 Problems is one of his best songs ever. A catchy rap that you can sing along to… And apparently it’s truthful about Jay’s early days. (Yep, I went with Jay. He was paying my salary from 2007-2009 so I’m taking the first name liberty.) But is it legally accurate? Insightful and interesting, a law professor dissects the lyrics.

Why millennials don’t want to buy stuff.  Josh Allan Dykstra explores why the concept of shopping has “shifted from owning stuff to buying into new ideas,” at least for millennials. For digital natives who have grown up in the borrowing economy, owning doesn’t carry the same weight as it once did. Abundance breaks more things than scarcity, says Clay Shirky. And ownership was abundant. The value has moved elsewhere, argues Dykstra.  High-res

Why millennials don’t want to buy stuff. 

Josh Allan Dykstra explores why the concept of shopping has “shifted from owning stuff to buying into new ideas,” at least for millennials. For digital natives who have grown up in the borrowing economy, owning doesn’t carry the same weight as it once did. Abundance breaks more things than scarcity, says Clay Shirky. And ownership was abundant. The value has moved elsewhere, argues Dykstra.