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DJing is Like Community Service or How to Be A Multi-genre DJ

January 7, 2009

It’s a great responsibility to be in charge of a sonic space with the goal of rocking people’s bodies/minds/hearts. DJing is like community service – a lot of your soul goes in to it.I don’t think it’s even about the awesomeness (or non-awesomeness) of the tracks, but more on the ‘vibe’ of the room/crowd [...]

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How Do We Engage With Knowledge or Values Outside Our Own?

January 1, 2009

How do we engage in other knowledge spheres outside of our own?
One might say, “Everything is just a few clicks away, right?” I’m not sure I would agree with that. I heard, second hand, of a report that says that Republicans and Democrats apparently stay on the same ’sides’ of the web as they do [...]

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How to Start Making Electronic Music

December 31, 2008

Tagged as: Ableton, Arts, dj, Electronic, Electronic Music, laptop, midi, Music, performance, Synthesizer, techno

I love electronic music. I love making it, listening to it, promoting it and of course, helping other people create it. While I didn’t write these myself, I thought I’d share some helpful PDF manuals and guides I’ve compiled to get you started.
In writing this, I’m also assuming that readers have some kind of multi-track [...]

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Community As Your Operating System

November 17, 2008

Tagged as: community informatics, features, knowledge, memes, online communities, operating system, viral

I’ve had this idea floating around in my head for a couple weeks now: community as your operating system. If you need to find the answer to something or produce some kind of ‘knowledge object’ (I can’t think of a better word) you can run queries against your network of amateur experts – your very [...]

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What Are the Roles of CTCs in Building a National Community Service Infrastructure?

November 12, 2008

Tagged as: community service, community technology center, ctc, infrastructure, policy, public service

I’ve taken up a bit of a personal research project and am asking the question of this post on various networks. What are the roles of community technology centers in building a national community service infrastructure? I hope to be able to compile and synthesize a brief report on themes that emerge.
Given the current socioeconomic [...]

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5 Awesome Resources for Becoming a Master Online Networker

November 9, 2008

Tagged as: Brand, Business, LinkedIn, Marketing and Advertising, Online and offline, online communities, professional development, professional networking, Social Media, Social network, social networks

The great thing about the internet is that it allows those with access* connection to people and ideas in a lot of easy, organic ways. However, while the tools to do this are always changing and evolving I’d argue that the techniques are timeless and work online as well as offline. Regardless of technology, you [...]

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3 Blogs I Follow Having to Do with Millennials in the Workplace

October 24, 2008

Tagged as: coaching, leadership, Millennials, professional networking

‘Intergenerationalness’ seems to be a pretty hot topic in the world of online writing/blogging. In light of my own development as a young professional, I wanted to share these websites/blogs that I refer to for knowledge geared towards developing my own capacities as as professional. The blogs below have a focus on HELPING. [...]

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DJ Mix: Minimal Tech mix, July 2008

September 20, 2008

Tagged as: Ableton, dj mix, Downloads, minimal techno, tech house

This is a mix I recently completed this month. It’s the mix I want to use to start getting gigs in and around the Bay Area (and beyond?) for minimal/tech house nights.
Here’s the track list:

Loco Dice : Black Truffles in the Snow
Audio Soul Project : Community 2007 (Peace Division Remix)
Alexi Delano : What Is [...]

Minimal Tech mix July, 2008 [62:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1)

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The VISTA From the Frontier: A Field Report

November 8, 2007

Tagged as: Austin, conference, CTC VISTA, Millennials, NAMAC

(picture from Danielle Martin – thanks Danielle!)

Last week, I returned from NAMAC’s 2007 conference in Austin – The Frontier is Here: Create, Engage, Act. Being a dilettante professional relatively new to the field, this conference was a great view from the frontier. From meeting other media makers and supporters from the ‘old school’ [...]

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VISTA Leadership Training

June 13, 2007

Tagged as: CTC VISTA, how to, leadership, Millennials, online communities, training

This past week, the corporation paid for me to go out to a VISTA Leadership Training in Minneapolis as part of my preparation to be a VISTA leader. I found it pretty informative with lots of useful information. I may only use about 10% of it, but that 10% will be a VERY [...]

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