Adventures #49: New Wine, Old Oak
Embracing the old, and exploring a smaller world
Adventures
The newsletter before Groove Theory. Monthly riffs on creative work and where careers go next, sent between 2015 and 2022.
Adventures #48: Compare & Contrast
In 2003, Emory University scientists Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal tried a new
experiment.
They trained a group of
Adventures #47: What's cookin'?
You’ve probably been cooking more than usual during the last few months. I know
I have.
In April there
Adventures #46: Resurfacing our dormant ties
A lot of us feel pinned up against a wall watching this new dance unfold. While
some people are out
Adventures #45: Long-Haul
This trip is a triple header.
Adventures #44: A different kind of range
The trouble with Generalists and Specialists
Adventures #43: No time for scuba
Getting comfortable with what's just below the surface.
Adventures #42: Union Square
Places to gather, and fuel for something more
Adventures #41: The Accelerator, The Amplifier... The Tension
In this edition: a recipe for working independently, the plight of festival fashion, and a couple of tips on how to introduce yourself
Adventures #40: The Entertainers
An email digest from the desk of me - Howard.
edition 040
Five of this edition's themes in one
Adventures #39: Fame and the Metagame
An email digest from the desk of me - Howard.
Hello
Over the last 6 weeks I’ve been running the
Adventures #38: All the pieces matter
Saturdays in the record store, circa 1999.
On a cold Monday evening in early January, I was in my kitchen
Adventures #37: Finding the Lost Connections
Third Rail Coffee, East Village, NYCHi
Two days before Christmas, I walked into my local coffee shop. It was strangely
Adventures #36: Go back to go forward
Hi
This is the month the calendar seems to matter most: holiday parties; deadlines;
gatherings; dreams.
The calendar also holds
Adventures #35: Is this the new normal?
Careers are no longer linear paths...so we're building a new way to navigate
them [https://www.itsfondo.
Adventures #34: Getting the word out
Inspiration at the Bronx Creative & Tech Career Pathways group meeting hosted by
the good folks at Dreamyard [https://www.
Adventures #33: Local / Global
My Mum and Dad in a canoe on Lac du Sable, QuebecThis past weekend I headed a
few hours north
Adventures #32: The Tension, The Educators, The DJs
It's holiday time. Switch off, take stock, or perhaps get ahead while the rest
are lounging.
Whatever we&