Interrelativity

Interrelativity: musings about interrelatedness

  • Entrepreneurial Proverbs

    Marc Hedlund, serial entrepreneur and, until very recently, entrepreneur-in-residence at O’Reilly Media, has shared an inspiring — and inspired — collection of Entrepreneurial Proverbs from his eTech presentation on Monday on Coding to Co-Founder: How to Move from Engineering to Entrepreneuring … or, as Marc likes to put it, "Entrepreneuring for Geeks". The post has…

  • The Proper Way to Enjoy an Espresso … and a Cafe

    I stopped by the original Caffe Fiore (in north Ballard) yesterday afternoon for a double shot of espresso, and was treated to a double shot of expert advice about the right way to drink an espresso … and the right way to enjoy a café.  As Jon, the barista, was preparing my drink, he asked…

  • Virtues, Goals, Plans and Aspirations

    I recently wrote about goal-free living,  and the value of non-attachment to outcomes … and in a subsequent comment, how this might apply to plans.  Shortly after making the original post, I read about Benjamin Franklin’s 13-point "plan" (via BoingBoing), through which he achieved great happiness throughout his 79-year life. He maintained a weekly chart…

  • The Practicalities, Perils and Promise of RFID

    Dorkbot Seattle offered a multidimensional opportunity to learn about and experience different facets of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology last night, under the provocative title "RFID – Identity That Gets Under your Skin".  There were three presentations and two types of opportunities for participation by attendees … each requiring a significantly different level of commitment.…

  • Living Without Attachments

    Stephen Shapiro gave an energetic presentation last night at Bellevue Community College on Success 101: The Goal-Free Approach, in which he highlighted some pitfalls of being too attached to the achievement of goals, and instead emphasized the importance of enjoying the moment(s) … essentially: don’t focus so intensely on the destination that you don’t enjoy…

  • Locks and Keys to Object-centered Sociality in the Physical World

    After packing up our proactive display equipment from the Zino Society event, we headed over to BalMar Lounge to observe another kind of technology used to enhance interactions among people attending an event: a Lock and Key Party organized by Space City Mixer. Here are the rules: The Lock and Key Encounter is a very…

  • Wine and Wisdom … and Interrelativity

    There were lots of insights and experiences involving entrepreneurship, investing and wine flowing at The Rainier Club during last night’s Zino Society Roundtable meeting.  As with the last Roundtable meeting, the event offered a unique combination of business and pleasure, with a short keynote address and four investment pitches by entrepreneurs, followed by a wine…

  • Entrepreneurship and Religion: Moses’ Startup Experience

    I attended an inspiring church service at the Northgate Church recently.  The primary motivation for my attendance was to explore the possibilities of church groups as a target market for Interrelativity, but I got far more out of the service than market research results. Larry LaMotte, a friend from NWEN and a member of the…

  • Hope is Not a Strategy, One is Not a Team, Ideas are Cheap

    I’ve been meeting with lots of people lately — prospective partners, investors, advisors and customers (in a way, they are all prospective customers) — exploring different avenues for how best to move the Interrelativity venture forward. In the process, I’m gaining lots of valuable feedback on a variety of dimensions of this endeavor. Three recent…

  • Intelligence, Advice, Investment and Politics

    Yesterday I read a Seattle Times article about Paul Pillar, a former high-ranking CIA official who has raised important questions about the intelligence that was collected before and during the Iraq war, the advice that was given about this to the Bush administration, and the extent to which the intelligence advice was acted upon.  This…