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Last Thursday, I attended the fifth installment of Ignite Baltimore, an event designed to get people excited about creating positive change in Baltimore.
And yet, somehow, the experience had the exact opposite effect on me… and this got me thinking about HOW we talk about the things we most care about, and why we might want [...]

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Justin on March 5th, 2010

… because if I talk about social media for five days a week, I’ll have to start drinking.
Hark, a Meme
As much as I advocate creating content that matters, I also appreciate the genuinely absurd and escapist.
And the Internet is nothing if not absurd and escapist.
Especially Tumblr.
Perhaps the perfect example of the way the Internet works [...]

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Justin on January 11th, 2010

Last week, Tami Dixon wrote a raw, emotionally honest appraisal of what it feels like (and, socio-politically, what it means) to be left off someone’s “Best Of…” list.  As a counterpoint, I’d like to offer why none of that shit matters.
In Tami’s case, she’s one half of the creative muscle behind Pittsburgh’s Bricolage Production Company, [...]

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